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Bogotá’s Motorcycle Boom and Growing Road Safety Crisis

As motorcycles reshape urban mobility in Colombia’s capital, rising road fatalities, dangerous driving practices and mounting congestion are presenting Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán with an increasingly difficult challenge. BOGOTÁ – Driving through Bogotá is stressful…

THE CITY PAPER STAFF November 12, 2026

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Colombia’s Seventh Airstrike Opens New Front in Fight Against FARC Near Venezuelan Border

Colombia’s military launched its seventh aerial bombing operation under President Abelardo de la Espriella on Monday, November 9, targeting a camp belonging to the FARC…

THE CITY PAPER STAFF November 10, 2026

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Airbus explores investment to develop Colombia’s aviation sector

The Toulouse-based aircraft manufacturer will send representatives to Bogotá next week as the De la Espriella government looks to attract industrial investment and strengthen the…

RICHARD EMBLIN November 5, 2026

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Truck Bomb Explodes Near Patía on Colombia’s Pan-American Highway

An explosives-laden dump truck targeting a police substation in El Estrecho, southwest Cauca, was detonated before security forces could intercept it, resulting in one victim,…

THE CITY PAPER STAFF November 4, 2026

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Why Does the Earth Keep Shaking in Chaparral, Tolima?

An unusual seismic swarm in the central lowlands of Colombia has produced more than 1,400 recorded earthquakes since September. A magnitude 5.6 tremor on Tuesday…

RICHARD EMBLIN November 3, 2026

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De la Espriella Renews Military Offensive Against Dissidents After Planadas Bombing

Colombia’s Abelardo de la Espriella has vowed to intensify airstrikes, special operations and aerial coca eradication following a wave of terror attacks across Tolima, Huila…

THE CITY PAPER STAFF November 3, 2026

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British National Arrested with Silenced Pistol in Medellín’s Parque Lleras

Leigh Simon Elston, 38, was carrying a CZ handgun, a silencer and 24 rounds of ammunition when police stopped him in the city’s main nightlife…

THE CITY PAPER STAFF November 2, 2026

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De la Espriella orders temporary militarization of Cúcuta

The temporary deployment of the Army in Norte de Santander’s capital follows the assassination of a former senior municipal official and a series of bomb…

RICHARD EMBLIN October 30, 2026

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De la Espriella Takes His Crime Crackdown to Bogotá With 172 Arrests

The President’s personal involvement in high-profile police raids, his pledge to govern from within Colombia and proposal for military control in southern Bogotá is putting…

THE CITY PAPER STAFF October 29, 2026

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Bogotá Moves to Curb Halloween Violence One year After Moreno Death

Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán’s administration is reintroducing nighttime motorcycle restrictions and deploying more than 400 District personnel as the capital prepares for Halloween, days after…

RICHARD EMBLIN October 28, 2026

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Colombia’s De la Espriella Leads Medellín Crime Crackdown

President Abelardo de la Espriella personally accompanied a major security operation in Medellín overnight on Monday, as police, military personnel and prosecutors carried out coordinated…

THE CITY PAPER STAFF October 27, 2026

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Deicy Jiménez Alleges Sex-for-Contracts Network Under Petro

Photographs of cash, suspected drugs and clothing, alongside reported government contracts worth more than COP$100 million, have intensified allegations that public resources were used to…

THE CITY PAPER STAFF October 26, 2026