Santos offers $5K reward for information on ‘false victims’
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has announced rewards of up to $5,000 for information about people making false claims under the Victims and Land Restitution Law. The head of state…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has announced rewards of up to $5,000 for information about people making false claims under the Victims and Land Restitution Law. The head of state…
Police in Colombia and Spain coordinated the rescue of a Spanish citizen Friday who was abducted while traveling in Cali on business. A team of Colombia’s anti-kidnapping police found the…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos expresses his “anger and shame” over suggestions by ex-Senator Piedad Cordoba that the army may have killed four FARC hostages during a military operation Saturday.…
Colombia and the rest of Latin America are experiencing their longest periods of democracy but still suffer “extreme inequalities,” the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Organization of American…
Colombia’s National Police Force launched on Thursday a “major offensive” against Medellin drug trafficking organization “Oficina de Envigado.” Following the arrest of the illegal gang’s leader, alias “Valenciano,” in Venezuela…
In an effort to strengthen security in Colombia’s second largest city, 500 police officers arrived in Medellin Thursday for the holiday season. The officers were dispatched to reinforce the nearly…
Suspended Mayor of Bogota, Samuel Moreno, faces new allegations that he accepted bribes for awarding public works contracts, adding to his list of corruption and embezzlement charges. A prosecutor from…
Almost 30,000 acres of Tayrona National Park were illegally appropriated over 26 years, said Colombian authorities Thursday. Investigations by Colombia’s Notary and Registry Superintendent indicate that vast areas of state…
Two landslides kill four people in the northern departments of Santander and Antioquia, bringing the number of people who have died in Colombia’s rainy season to 108. Another 420,000 thousand…