via BBC News The US Secret Service has tightened staff guidelines in an attempt to stop any repeat of the Colombia sex scandal. Agents traveling overseas will be banned from drinking on duty, visiting “disreputable establishments” and bringing foreigners into hotel rooms. “Consider your conduct through the lens of the past several weeks,” Director Mark […]

Colombian officials had a change of heart and have now released 15-year-old Jakadrien Lorece Turner, the Dallas teenager who was mistakenly deported to the country after she ran away from home in November 2010.

Former Colombian president, Alvaro Uribe, used U.S. aid to help him hide connections between his government and drug-trafficking paramilitary groups according to a report from the Washington Post. The Post reports that money sent to the Colombian government to help eradicate cocaine cartels was actually used to spy on the Colombian Supreme Court, which was […]

Sky News is reporting that a parrot named Lorenzo has been arrested for being a lookout for Colombian drug dealers. Apparently the bird would say, “run, run the cat is going to get you” when anybody in a police uniform would walk by. . RELATED STORIES Killer Whale Kills Trainer In Front Of Spectators At […]

Sgt. Pablo Emilio Moncayo, held by Colombian FARC rebels as a hostage for more than 12 years, was reunited with family members Tuesday after being released and handed over to the Red Cross. Bad weather slowed the planned handover, but Moncayo eventually was transported to the city of Florencia, where his family, Red Cross personnel […]