Insurgents from Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, early Thursday morning killed four soldiers and were accused of kidnapping three civilian engineers in southwestern Colombia. In the southwestern Nariño department,…
Colombia’s defense minister on Wednesday rejected the FARC’s kidnapping of two policemen in the southwestern Valle del Cauca department. “Only the infamous justify their actions. We can see what is…
The FARC, Colombia’s largest rebel group, on Tuesday killed a soldier in the northern Colombian department of La Guajira. According to local media, the soldier was killed while his unit…
Colombia’s largest rebel group, FARC, is “challenging” the ongoing peace process with the government by taking “prisoners of war,” said Colombian vice president Angelino Garzon on Wednesday. Garzon said the…
Pamphlets allegedly issued by FARC, Colombia’s largest rebel group, on Tuesday warned of a three-week shutdown of the road connecting the west of Colombia with the rest of the country.…
A prominent drug trafficker and top associate of the neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños” on Tuesday was captured in the central Colombian department of Meta. Police claimed that “Chicho” — the alias…
The workers union for the Cerrejon coal mine in northern Colombia on Tuesday said that all work could be halted next week if a deal is not reached with employers…
A representative of an indigenous organization on Tuesday said that the notorious neo-paramilitary organization “Los Urabeños” has infiltrated the southwestern Colombian department of Cauca. Los Urabeños hail from northwestern Colombia,…
Armed criminal groups are active in only 10% of Colombia, said the country’s defense minister on Monday. “The criminal gangs were hit harder in 2012 than ever before. All those…