FARC ringleader captured by Colombian army
A leader of the FARC’s 6th Front was captured Monday by the Colombian Army and the National Police Force while drinking at a bar in southwest Colombia. 27-year-old Oscar Ivan…
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FARC threats force councilors to flee southwest Colombian town
Three city councilors have been forced to flee a town in the southwest of Colombia due to threats from local guerrillas, a local newspaper reported Monday. The councilors, named as…
‘FARC’ attack kills 2 police in southwest Colombia
Two policemen have been killed and one has been injured in an alleged FARC attack in the southwest of Colombia, authorities said Monday. Colonel Ricardo Augusto Alarcon, commander of police…
FARC attacks towns, blocks highway in southwest Colombia
Rebels of Colombian rebel group FARC have carried out two attack on towns and clashed with security forces in the southwestern department of Cauca Wednesday, newspaper El Pais reported. According…
3 police injured in southwest Colombia ‘FARC attack’
Thee policemen were injured Saturday when alleged members of the FARC threw a grenade at a police post in a village in the southwest of Colombia. According to local media,…
Policeman injured in FARC attack on station
A policeman was left injured on Tuesday following a FARC attack on a police station in western Colombia, according to Caracol Radio. The Colombian Army has confirmed that the attack,…
Explosion kills 3, including child, in southwest Colombia
Three people, including a 3-year-old boy, have died in an explosion in the village of Chapa, Cauca department, southwest Colombia. Police said the incident could be a guerrilla attack, but…
‘FARC’ bomb market over unpaid extortion demands
A bomb was detonated in a marketplace on Monday that left no injuries, but caused damage to several buildings in the municipality of Corinto in Colombia’s southwest department of Cauca.…
Southwest Colombia mayor injured in FARC attack on town
An alleged FARC motorcycle bomb has injured ten persons, including the mayor, in a town in the southwest of Colombia, local authorities said Saturday. According to the government secretary of…