former Colombian police chief Oscar Naranjo

Meanwhile, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, who is in Vienna, and Vice President Oscar Naranjo offered their condolences to the family members of those killed in the attack. Colombia's police chief, Jorge Hernan Nieto, canceled his trip to Medellin to take charge of the situation in Barranquilla.

CANCUN, Mexico - Insight Crime, a non profit journalism and investigative organization that specializes in organized crime throughout Latin America and the Carribean, is reporting that former Juarez and Tijuana police chief, Julian Leyzaola, is being sought by the city of Cancun to clean up the city's crime ...

“In Colombia, every time a criminal group turns to killing police, they do it as a desperate measure,” said Vice President Oscar Naranjo, who battled the nation's drug cartels as national police chief. The rash of shootings has taken place in pockets around the nation but is concentrated largely in the north ...

Colombian Vice President German Vargas Lleras has announced he will step down on Wednesday, fueling speculation that he will run in presidential elections next year. President Juan Manuel Santos nominated former national police chief General Oscar Naranjo as Vargas' successor, stating he wanted ...

Oscar Naranjo, the former head of Colombia's national police and one of the most lauded lawmen in the hemisphere, will be in South Florida next week to try to build support for a peace deal with the country's largest guerrilla group. In some ways he's entering enemy territory. Many Colombian exiles are ...

Colombia's national police chief, General Oscar Naranjo, has decided to step down because he is tired and feels it is time for a younger generation to take on the job, President Juan Manuel Santos announced. Mr Santos said Gen Naranjo agreed to stay in the post until July at the request of the president ...