Undertaker launches ghostly census

Columbia - A Medellin undertaker has taken his craft to the next level by launching a “ghostly census” in Colombia’s second-largest city, where his workers have so far compiled 215 spirits, 23 in pictures and videos. “It’s beyond question that many of the city’s buildings and homes have ghosts. For years, we’ve heard stories about them and we thought the time had come to approach, catalog and classify them through a census,” William Betancur said.  More…

Eight years jail for man who killed 4000

Columbia - A former paramilitary commander in Colombia known as the “Iguana”, who ordered the killing of more than 4000 people, was sentenced to eight years in prison under an amnesty program. Jorge Ivan Laverde admitted to directly killing a hundred people and ordering the killings of 4000 others. A Colombian court initially sentenced Laverde to 40 years in prison but the sentence was changed to eight years, aimed at healing the wounds of past fighting..more