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As of 2023, the United States of America OSAC Country Security Report advises that travelers reconsider visiting Colombia due to crime and terrorism. The report assesses Bogota a critical-threat location and Cartagena as a high-threat location. [1]
Nonetheless, Naranjo will be working in Mexico, a country with twice the population of Colombia, and with many of the police forces working at a municipal and state level and out of the federal control. [21] The bureaucratic and political challenges that Naranjo will face in Mexico may stifle his attempts to reform the country's police force. [21]
Police in Colombia say the number of people kidnapped fell 92% between 2000 and 2016. [3] As of 2016, common criminals were the perpetrators of the overwhelming majority of kidnappings. [3] By the year 2016, the number of kidnappings in Colombia had declined to 205 and it has continued to decline.
Colombia's four main illegal armed groups grew during 2023 as they consolidated territorial control financed by drug trafficking and illicit gold extraction, according to a secret security report ...
WASHINGTON/BOGOTA (Reuters) -The U.S. and Colombia pulled back from the brink of a trade war on Sunday after the White House said the South American nation had agreed to accept military aircraft ...
Colombia's main exports to Mexico include: coal, crude oil, instant coffee and automobile parts. Mexico's main exports to Colombia include: flat screen TVs, pure petroleum oil for tank-car, ship-tank or auto-tanks; corrugated rods or bars for reinforcement, for cement or concrete; shampoos; milk powder or pills; tequila and malt beer. [16]
Travelers who decide to visit Jamaica, Colombia, or any country with safety risks are urged to enroll in the State Department’s free Smart Travel Enrollment Program, read the destination’s ...
The Mérida Initiative (named after Mérida, the city where it was agreed upon), also called Plan Mexico (in reference to Plan Colombia), was a security cooperation agreement among the United States, the government of Mexico, and the countries of Central America, that ran from from 2007 to 2021. [1]