Colombia

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30m Long Sub Was Built To Carry 8 Tons Of Colombian Cocaine

1:20PM February 15, 2011 | Brian Barrett

When you need to transport eight tons of cocaine across international waters, you can’t exactly just pay an extra baggage fee. So Colombian drug lords did the sensible – and trendy – thing: they spent 4000 million pesos (approx $2.2 million) to build their own drug-trafficktacular submersible. More »


Cars

The Life And Times Of A Colombian Cocaine Submarine Captain

3:40AM December 4, 2010 | Jeff Neumann

Gustavo Alonso was the captain of a cocaine submarine based in Colombia, until he was arrested at sea with 3.5 tons of coke on board. He soon realised that solitary confinement in prison was better than working for the cartels. More »


Geek Out

How They Found And Killed The World’s Bloodiest Narcoterrorist

9:40AM September 25, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

This Thursday, Mono Jojoy was killed in his secret jungle base. He was the military boss of narcoterrorist group FARC, responsible for the deaths and kidnappings of thousands of people in Colombia. Caught and killed thanks to a boot. More »


Cars

How Did Only One Person Die In This Insane Plane Crash?

12:24AM August 18, 2010 | Max Read

This plane crashed in the Caribbean on Monday. It broke into three pieces. Of the 125 passengers, only one died. How is that possible? (If you say “Jacob“, I will kill you.) More »


Artist Storms Bogota With Nude Art-Displaying iPad Necklace

12:00AM April 19, 2010 | Jack Loftus

A man walking around at night with an iPad lanyard around his neck, displaying semi-nude artwork, could be seen as a meandering perv. Or, as was the case in Bogota, the man is Claudio Arango, and he’s an artist. More »


Computing

OLPC To Become Colombia’s Finest Import

10:30PM May 29, 2008 | Adrian Covert

OLPC has agreed to supply 65 thousand XO computers to the state of Caldas, Colombia, providing an injection of technology to a rural area of the country. The first 15,000 will be distributed throughout the most remote areas of the state by the end of 2008, while the remaining 50,000 will be offered in the capital, Manizales, and other remaining areas of the state by the end of 2009.

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