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Colombia: Cable Car Collapse Incident claims 1 life and 12 injures

Colombia: Cable Car Collapse Incident claims 1 life and 12 injures

A cable car in Medellin, Colombia, failed and plunged onto a sidewalk, killing at least one person and injuring 12 others. The cause of the accident is unknown, but it’s part of the city’s public transportation system. The Metrocable operates six lines serving low-income neighborhoods on steep hills. In the Colombian city of Medellin, a … Read more

Three decades after Pablo Escobar’s death, drugs ravage Medellin

Medellin

Three decades after drug lord Pablo Escobar was killed by police on a Medellin rooftop, the city he sought to improve with drug money is being ravaged by it. Junkies frequent hundreds of sales points dotted around Colombia’s second city, which has become the domestic drug trade’s epicenter. “Easy access? Yes, absolutely. In Medellin you … Read more