When the National Police arrived to arrest Camilo Torres Martínez, alias ‘Fritanga’, on the Island of Múcura at 5:00 a.m. on July 1st, Jean Carlos Centeno had just started his second set of songs. The head of the ‘los Urabeños’ criminal gang paid the singer 25 million pesos, not counting the yacht he put at the band’s disposal for transportation.

Centeno said it was the first time he ever performed at one of ‘Fritanga’s’ parties, but others like the reggaetton group ‘Mortal Kombat’ have done it before. The question becomes, is it acceptable for performers to accept payment from drug traffickers? Should artists turn a blind eye when it comes to the illegal activities of those who hire them?

The Kimberly Clark Global Innovation Center has been operating out of the Las Palmas branch of Antioquia’s School of Engineering since October of 2011. A significant amount of research in fields like technologies, materials, engineering and products for every one of the multinational’s lines is underway, led by experts from Colombia, South Korea, Brazil and the United States.

The company is currently looking for 50 talented researchers, people who stand out as the “best in their field”, according to the Center’s coordinator, Andrea Orifici. Kimberly Clark chose Colombia for this venture due to the country’s cultural, climactic and natural diversity as well as its human potential.