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Galán’s security gambit: Mega police raids take to Bogotá streets

By Richard Emblin - April 29, 2024

Bogotá Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán is spearheading mega police raids targeting organized crime in the city’s most vulnerable neighborhoods amidst rising concerns over rampant insecurity.

Bogotá residents must register at GABO to circulate during quarantine

By The City Paper Staff - June 1, 2020

Bogotá Mayor Claudia López announced new measures to get residents moving during the economic reactivation as the locality of Kennedy begins two weeks of strict quarantine.

JFK’s legacy in Bogotá lives on 55-years later

By Andy East - December 13, 2016

John F. Kennedy’s “Alliance for progress” is still visible in a locality of the capital that burgeoned into a modern housing project and reference to this President’s engagement with Colombia.