Chile on alert over extortionate kidnappings by Tren de Aragua and its factions

Hassel Barrientos (Concepción, 50 years old), deputy prefect and head of the Special Antisecuestro Investigations Brigade (BIPE) of the Chilean Investigative Police (PDI), led the investigation that allowed the release, on April 29 and after a tense 180 hours, of the 84-year-old hardware businessman, Jorge Vera, kidnapped in Santiago. It is a case in which five people were quickly arrested. Of these, four are foreigners, linked to Tren de Aragua, and the fifth, arrested this Tuesday, is a Chilean who acted as a guard. In the same week, a Peruvian woman, also a merchant, was the victim of this same crime, committed by four criminals, two Chileans and two Venezuelans, who have already been captured.

US sentences Nicaraguan to 15 years for $29 million bank fraud

The U.S. Department of Justice sentenced Nicaraguan Ernesto Ortega Padgett to 15 years in federal prison for leading an international bank fraud, money laundering, and cryptocurrency scheme that caused millions in losses.

She was Alma Roca, the 76-year-old woman killed in a robbery

Alma Roca de Fernández, 76, became the fifth woman murdered so far this year in the city of Santa Marta. The elderly woman was killed in a vile robbery that occurred in broad daylight this Friday, April 30, on Avenida del Libertador.

Hitmen ended Marlon Gómez Sepúlveda in a public street in the Chile neighborhood

An act of violence occurred on the night of Thursday, April 30, in the Chile neighborhood, Punto de Encuentro sector, where a man was murdered with a firearm.

“Las Tinderianas” Fell: They Stole $400 Million from Foreigners in Medellín Using Drugs

Medellín authorities announced that a group of people who used dating apps to deceive and rob their victims, mostly foreigners, have been dismantled. They allegedly stole more than $400 million in various robberies.

Another Member of "Los Dinos Duros" Falls, Band Accused of Over 20 Violent Robberies in Cartagena

The criminal network would place objects on the road leading to Barú Island, forcing drivers to slow down. Victims were held and assaulted to compel them to hand over their belongings or transfer money.

In brutal attack, two men on a motorcycle killed a 14-year-old minor

Jaime Daniel Barros Estrada, 14 years old, is the mortal victim of a brutal crime that occurred in the south of Barranquilla, more exactly at the intersection of Murillo street with Circunvalar avenue, in front of the Villa Sevilla neighborhood.

A clothing merchant was murdered inside a car in the Estadio neighborhood of Medellín

Jesús David Villa Lamadrid, 26, was shot on Thursday night while traveling in his SUV through the Estadio neighborhood, west of Medellín...

Hitman took the life of Eduardo Pizarro while he was talking on the cell phone

Authorities confirmed they are on the trail of the two individuals who on the night of Saturday, April 11, 2026, ended the life of Eduardo Pizarro, 34 years old, who was popularly known as ‘Yayo locuras’.

One of Barranquilla's most wanted was hiding in Manga: this is how he was caught

Brigadier General Gelver Yecid Peña Araque, commander of the Metropolitan Police of Cartagena, confirmed at a press conference on Monday morning, April 6, the judicial capture of Jesús Manuel Valdez Ortega, 25 years old, known by the alias 'El Abuelo', and accused of extortion and threats, among other crimes, in Barranquilla.

Reports of extortion under the false service modality have increased by 200% in Cartagena

The Gaula team of the Metropolitan Police of Cartagena told Noticias RCN that reports of extortion, under the false service modality, have increased by 200% so far in 2026.

Bogotá: authorities recovered four high-end vehicles stolen from a workshop in 7 de agosto

During Saturday, April 4th, authorities managed to recover four high-end vehicles that were stolen in the early hours of the morning from a workshop in the Siete de Agosto neighborhood, in the southeast of Bogotá.