Local authorities discovered several pieces of a human body lying on a path in the coastal city of Santa Marta on Sunday.

Cartagena’s atmospheric Old Town—a warren of ... touted as the prettiest in all Colombia. Just north and east of the backpacker town of Santa Marta is the tropical paradise of Parque Natural ...

Mr Coatti arrived in the coastal port Santa Marta, a town on Colombia’s north coast, on April 3 and was reported missing the following night. When the Italian national’s limbs were discovered ...

Swimmers spash in the sea at the end of the day in Santa Marta, Colombia. Picture: Alamy "This crime will not go unpunished. Criminals must know that in Santa Marta criminality has no place. We will ...

An Italian scientist has been found dead in Colombia, according to local authorities, after several pieces of a human body were discovered lying on a path in the coastal city of Santa Marta on Sunday.