524 indigenous people displaced by Colombia’s ongoing armed conflict will leave Bogota to return to their homes in the western departments of Choco and Risaralda after having reached an agreement…
Colombian Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon said Friday that an NGO report claiming kidnapping has increased in the country was “distortional” and “bad intentioned.” “I ask myself what the reasons…
A report from Colombian anti-kidnapping NGO Pais Libre released Thursday said there were 82 kidnappings in Colombia during the first three months of 2012, an 11% increase compared to the…
The Colombian Air Force said Thursday afternoon two crew members manning a crashed airplane, which may have been shot down by guerrillas, had been found dead in the southwestern Cauca…
An ex-paramilitary warlord imprisoned in the United States alleged Bogota’s current police commander “took bribes” from a prominent drug trafficker, newspaper El Espectador reported Wednesday. In 2010 a former leader…
Colombian authorities detained a presumed Venezuelan drug trafficker in the eastern department of Boyaca, reported local media Thursday. The suspect, Jose Linares Benigno Caro, has been wanted by Venezuelan authorities and…
Former President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday asked prosecutor general to investigate accusations that he had ties to one of the founding members of paramilitary group the United Self Defense Forces…
Guerrilla group FARC claimed it has shot down a Colombian Air Force Super Tucano aircraft over the southwestern Cauca department on Wednesday evening. According to Colombian radio station Caracol, the…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announces “Plan Cauca,” a two-pronged strategy aimed at tackling violence in the southwestern department plagued by guerrilla attacks. Speaking at a security council meeting in…