Colombian police have arrested an Italian mafia boss named Gustavo Nocella, also known as ‘Ermes,’ who was running a massive drug shipping operation. What makes this arrest even more fascinating is that police tracked him down using his beloved pool table! Nocella, one of the most wanted drug traffickers in
By June 28, 2024, thirteen countries, including the latest addition, Spain, have joined South Africa in a powerful legal battle against Israel at the International Court of Justice. They accuse Israel of genocide in Gaza, highlighting the severe humanitarian crisis there. Spain, along with nations like Colombia and Mexico, aims
A recent UN report reveals Colombia’s significant increase in coca cultivation, marking it as the world’s top producer of cocaine. Despite efforts to combat drug production, Colombia saw a 13 percent rise in coca crop area in 2022, totaling 230,000 hectares. President Gustavo Petro has proposed shifting drug policy from
Ana Mercedes Hoyos, a Colombian painter and sculptor who lived from September 29, 1942, to September 5, 2014, was a trailblazer of modern art in her native nation. She has received over seventeen prizes of national and worldwide recognition for her artistic works during her fifty years. She started in
Damaris Mucutuy, an aunt of the four children who survived 40 days in the Amazon Jungle alone, told a radio station that the children were fine and later had an incredible rescue after a military sniffer dog found them. Colombia’s first lady, Veronica Alcocer (left), and Sofia Petro (right), the
Bill Gates’ Colombian ‘mosquito factory’ is breeding 30 million bacteria-infected mosquitos per week. The project’s objective appears to be to introduce Wolbachia into native mosquito populations by employing lab-bred mosquitoes, resulting in the infection of such populations.
