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Bogotá Cracks Down on Drug Gangs and Stolen Vehicle Parts in Security Sweeps | The City Paper Bogotá

In two high-impact security operations across the Colombian capital on Thursday, Bogotá Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán announced the dismantling of a major drug trafficking network operating near educational institutions, as well as the seizure of 150 stolen vehicle engines hidden in shops posing as legitimate businesses. The coordinated actions are part of a broader crackdown targeting organized crime and urban insecurity, two growing concerns amo…
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Galán will monitor the captured and the citizens will know what happens to them.Camertinez Jue, 17/07/2025 - 13:00 Author camartinez The mayor of Bogotá, Carlos Fernando Galán, presented the latest security results during a press conference in which he highlighted the capture of 70 members of gangs dedicated to drug trafficking.The actions were carried out in the last three weeks and were made possible thanks to the joint work of the district au…

Bands that use minors to sell narcotics in Bogotá: 31 captured Agencia Period... Thu, 17/07/2025 - 10:16 This is how they operated in the capital of the Republic.

They pretended to be neighbors, merchants or students, but behind them they operated microtraffic networks that alerted the Entry Students at risk: this was how two microtraffic bands operated in Bogotá appeared first in Public Journalism.

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Periodismo Público broke the news in on Thursday, July 17, 2025.
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