Teenage girls rip unborn baby from mother’s womb
Two teenage girls tried to steal another teenager’s unborn child via a crude cesarean operation early Monday morning in a small town in Boyaca, authorities say. According to news accounts,…
Two teenage girls tried to steal another teenager’s unborn child via a crude cesarean operation early Monday morning in a small town in Boyaca, authorities say. According to news accounts,…
Former FARC hostage and politician Sigifredo Lopez is suing the Colombian government for what he says are security failings that enabled the leftist insurgents to kidnap him and eleven other…
Colombia’s coca cultivations dropped by 18% in 2008 while cocaine production dropped 28%, the United Nations International Narcotics Control Board said in a new report. The total number of hectares…
The Colombian government will prosecute the gang leaders in Medellin who agreed to a ceasefire, Defense Minister Gabriel Silva said Friday. A temporary halt in Medellin’s gang warfare was reached…
FARC is recruiting indigenous children as spies in Colombia’s southern jungles, the military said Wednesday. Children as young as 13 have been found gathering intelligence for the FARC´s 44th Front…
The Supreme Court in the Tolima department has sentenced the “Monster of Mariquita” to 11 years in prison for sexually abusing his daughter for 30 years. 60-year-old Arcedio Alvarez began…
A military convoy specializing in landmine disarmament and elite operations will soon join Spanish forces in Afghanistan, Colombian general Gustavo Matamoros said Wednesday. 60 Colombian troops will form part of…
President Uribe said Monday that the government would not recognize a ceasefire between Medellin’s major crime syndicates, a statement reiterated by both the chief of police and the high commissioner…
Following President Hugo Chavez’s ban on trade with Colombia, Venezuela is importing goods from the U.S. instead of from its neighbor, says the Venezuelan-Colombian Chamber of Commerce. Meat, shoes, fabrics,…