Juan Valdez, Private Investigator

Crime is rampant in Colombia, so why not make some money from it? That's the plan of Carlos Arbelaez, president of the country's association of former DAS (state security police) agents. He called a conference of authors and screenwriters to pitch them story ideas from the case files of real crimes. “Colombia has had some of the most hideous crimes in the world,” Arbelaez says. “It is raw material for writers of this genre. It could become an export. It might not be as important as coffee, but it could play a very important role.” However, the writers he invited will not come to the conference since they are afraid of the crime there. (Reuters) ...Clearly, he's had way too much caffeine.