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WhatsApp · MedellínWhatsApp chat of La Silla Vacía (+57 3102940910) received a screenshot of a supposed El Tiempo newspaper headline titled: "Antioquia Comptroller seized five properties of Fico Gutiérrez for overcharges". The image, which circulates on Twitter (today X), is accompanied by a photo of the mayor of Medellín and adds that there were "overcharges at Police Stations". As our users asked us to check it, we passed it through the Lie Detector and found it…See the Story
Noticia de El Tiempo sobre inmuebles embargados de “Fico” es un montaje
Mother's Day · MedellínThis Mother's Day was the least violent in the last ten years in many of the country's major cities. José Luis Ramírez, national head of the police service, reported that this year there were 44 murders, a reduction of 17% compared to 55 last year. In Medellín, specifically, there were only three murders throughout the bridge, reports El Colombiano. The reason? A pact between gangs, says Bacrim spokesman. On Caracol Radio, Ferney Ramírez or alia…See the Story
Bacrim say that by agreement homicides fell on Mother's Day
Green Party · MedellínDaniel Duque was a councilor and candidate for mayor of Medellín, always for the Green Alliance and one of the few visible and vocal faces of that party in the capital of Paisa, which usually votes for the right. Duque, who joined the Green Party at the age of 14, joins the group of politicians who resign from the party due to the corruption scandal of the Risk Management Unit that, for now, splashes with two greens: Sandra Ortiz, former advisor…See the Story
Another resignation from the Green Party: Daniel Duque, former Paisa councilman, leaves.
Security · MedellínEn el marco de la 21° versión de la Semana de la Construcción, encuentro organizado por la Cámara Chilena de la Construcción, se realizará este miércoles 15 de mayo el “Primer Encuentro de Alcaldes por la Seguridad: Construyamos barrios seguros”, convocando a 100 alcaldes y alcaldesas de todo el país para participar en una instancia cuyo debate central estará en propuestas para mejorar la seguridad ciudadana.El encuentro contará con la conferenc…See the Story
Sergio Fajardo, former mayor of Medellín: “Security has no ideological connotation” - La Tercera
Medellín, Antioquia · MedellínThe Public Ministry announced that it opened another disciplinary investigation against the former director of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (Ungrd), Olmedo López. Why will it be investigated? The Attorney General's Office is investigating whether there were irregularities in the contracts that the UNGRD signed with Regina Isabel López Burgos and José Ignacio Llinás Chica. The current director of Colombia's Financial Information…See the Story
Attorney General's Office investigates Olmedo López for influence peddling
Medellín, Antioquia · Medellín—Lo que voy es por mi plata —dice por teléfono Alexis Cuesta, director de Corpourabá. —Pero, señor Cuesta, ¿qué tan cierto es que Julián Bedoya tiene mucho poder allá? —Discúlpeme, discúlpeme… El director cuelga el teléfono porque está a punto de ingresar a una reunión en Bogotá, muy lejos de Urabá, donde tiene jurisdicción la corporación que dirige. La razón: tanto Corpourabá como Corantioquia —Corporaciones Autónomas Regionales (CAR) con infl…See the Story