American Airlines Flight Attendant Eric Gutiérrez: Three Arrested in Medellín Murder
Medellín police announced Friday the capture of three suspects in the killing of Eric Fernando Gutiérrez Molina, a U.S. citizen and American Airlines flight attendant found dead in March. Investigators say a gang known as “Los Goteros” targeted foreigners — mainly LGBTIQ+ tourists — via dating apps, building trust before drugging and robbing them. Gutiérrez […]
Dutch Fugitive Wanted for Drug Trafficking Arrested in Medellín
A 50-year-old Dutch citizen wanted internationally for drug trafficking was arrested at Medellín’s Terminal del Norte on July 21. Migration officers located the man after an alert appeared in Migración Colombia’s information systems. He was travelling on an Expreso Brasilia bus that had arrived from Barranquilla. After confirming his identity, authorities established that he was […]
Arif Jhuman, Canadian Fugitive in a Cross-Border Gun Case, Caught in an El Poblado Gym
Colombian anti-narcotics police, working with Interpol, the U.S. DEA and Canadian authorities, arrested 40-year-old Canadian Arif Jhuman mid-workout on Wednesday at a Smart Fit gym in El Poblado’s El Tesoro mall. Wanted on an Interpol red notice under the aliases “Gillani” and “William Milles,” he is already serving a near ten-year drug-trafficking sentence in Canada […]
Dutch Tourist Marlies Minke Genz Found Dead in Salento — Authorities Investigate
The death of 41-year-old Dutch tourist Marlies Minke Genz has become a mystery in Salento, Quindío, after she was found dead following nearly a week missing. Genz was last seen on May 25. According to authorities, she left her hostel around 1:00 p.m. that day to do a coffee farm tour at a finca about […]
The Last Drops: How Colombia Really Makes Its Money
Ask most foreigners how Colombia earns a living and you get some version of the same two words: coffee and cocaine. It is a tidy story, and it is mostly wrong. The real ledger of how dollars enter this country is stranger, more fragile, and far more interesting than the cliché, and right now it […]
Dutch national Alessandro Massimo Berkemeijer shot dead in rural Valledupar
A 32-year-old Dutch man was killed in a rural area of Valledupar on Sunday, May 24. Alessandro Massimo Berkemeijer, a Netherlands citizen living in Barranquilla where he worked buying and selling vehicles, had arrived in the Cesar capital on May 15. The attack took place in the vereda Las Casitas, a sparsely populated area with […]
German Citizen Kidnapped in Medellín After Being Lured by Women, Rescued After 36 Hours
A German was kidnapped for 36 hours in Medellín after hiring two women for sexual services near Parque Lleras. The young man had arrived in the city just three days earlier when he was approached by a minor who offered him drugs and later introduced him to the two women. The group went to a […]
U.S. Citizen Bryce Garrett Cleveland Arrested in Medellín Under Interpol Red Notice for Fraud
Authorities in Medellín have arrested U.S. citizen Bryce Garrett Cleveland, who was wanted by Interpol for multiple fraud-related crimes committed in the United States. The operation was carried out jointly by the National Police, Interpol Colombia, and Migración Colombia, according to Medellín’s Secretary of Security and Coexistence, Manuel Villa Mejía. Cleveland’s capture adds to a […]
Two U.S. Citizens Denied Entry to Medellín Within 24 Hours
Colombian immigration officers turned away two U.S. citizens at José María Córdova International Airport in Rionegro in less than a day — both cases tied to suspicions of sexual misconduct. The most recent case unfolded Wednesday morning when airport security raised an alert over a suitcase packed with dozens of sex-related items, including toys, lubricants, […]
American Citizen Michael J. Inofuentes Found Guilty of Child Sex Trafficking in Medellín
A U.S. citizen, Michael J. Inofuentes, has been found guilty by a federal jury in the United States of child sex trafficking and engaging in illicit sexual conduct abroad. Inofuentes, who was residing in Colombia, arranged meetings with a 15-year-old girl in Medellín, paying for repeated sexual encounters at local hotels. The verdict carries a […]