The Colombian departments of Cordoba, Guaviare, and Cauca saw significant increases in coca cultivation in 2009, although national production dropped 16%, El Tiempo reported Tuesday. According to a forthcoming United…
Colombia saw the murder of 32 human rights defenders in 2009, while a further 142 faced various forms of aggression and oppression, according to a Colombian NGO dedicated to the…
Colombian NGO the Electoral Observation Mission (MOE) warned Friday that political intervention and armed coercion, as well as electoral fraud, remain a risk in the country’s upcoming presidential elections. MOE…
Police in Colombia’s Cauca department thwarted a terrorist attack by uncovering a huge roadside explosive device weighing 70 kilograms, thought to have been targeted at a military convoy passing through…
Members of the FARC hijacked a bus carrying supporters of presidential candidate Rafael Pardo Sunday, used it to transport guerrillas and then returned the bus, with the termporarily kidnapped driver,…
Authorities in the south west of Colombia are investigating whether a road-side bomb found on the Panamerican highway in the Cauca department was meant for presidential candidate, Rafael Pardo who…
A FARC guerrilla known as “El Gringo,” responsible for many kidnappings, was captured by police after his legs were blown off by a landmine in Palmira, Valle del Cauca, south-western…
Colombia’s Defense Minister Gabriel Silva announced Wednesday the creation of a new mountain battalion for the south-western department of Cauca, which has become an epicenter of FARC activity in recent…
The Colombian army will assign 7,000 special forces soldiers to track down FARC commanders “Mono Jojoy” and “Romaña,” who authorities believe are planning to sabotage Colombia’s presidential elections, reports El Colombiano.…