The Colombian government charged 100 soliders with killing civilians, Radio Caracol reported Thursday. In a practice known as creating “false postitives,” the soldiers allegedly killed at least 50 civilians, including…
The son of former Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar arrived in Canada this week for a screening of a new documentary about his journey for forgiveness since his father’s death…
The Colombian military destroyed four alleged FARC camps in central Colombia, newspaper El Espectador reported Thursday. Troops from the Omega Joint Task Force found the illegal camps in the department…
A U.S. federal court has sentenced Colombian narcotrafficker Carlos Arture Patiño Restrepo, alias “Patemuro,” to 40 years in prison Wednesday, local media reported. Patiño was found guilty of smuggling tens…
The Colombian Senate started debating Wednesday a bill which would provide funding for the rehabilitation for drug addicts, regional newspaper Diario Del Huila reported Wednesday. If passed, the bill would…
Colombia’s ruling political group, the U Party, selected Senator Roy Barreras to serve as Senate President, local media reported Wednesday. Barreras, elected by 16 votes to opponent Jorge Eduardo Gechem’s…
Colombian intelligence agents uncovered and dismantled an international human trafficking network, local media reported Monday. Colombia’s Technical Investigation Team (CTI), the investigatory branch of the Prosecutor General’s Office, captured two…
Armed clashes between the Colombian military and the FARC displaced 72 families in the western Colombian department of Cauca, Radio Caracol reported Monday. Fighting occurred in the rural area of…
China and Colombia increased their economic and cultural cooperation by signing five new bilateral agreements, announced Colombia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Monday. After a meeting between Colombian President Juan Manuel…