An unidentified member of “Los Urabeños” kills one of the gang’s suspected leaders, Felix Arrieta Llorente, alias “Piraña,” in the northern department of Cordoba, El Heraldo newspaper reported Wednesday. According to police chief…
The government reclaims land in the Magdalena department that was inadvertently handed over to connections of paramilitary Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, alias “Jorge 40,” El Espectador reported Wednesday. Jorge 40’s men originally…
Indigenous leaders trek into the mountains of Caldono, Cauca, hoping to secure a deal with the FARC to leave their peoples out of the armed conflict, Europa Press reported Wednesday.…
The Colombian government is considering relocating its embassy in Japan to Korea or China following the destruction caused by last Friday’s earthquake, WRadio reported Tuesday. Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin told…
Masked gunmen killed two people and wounded four others when they opened fire in Medellin’s northwestern Comuna 6 early Monday morning, reported newspaper El Colombiano. Witnesses reported that the incident…
Former Venezuelan Vice President Jose Vincente Rangel accuses the former head of Colombian intelligence agency DAS of working to destabilize the government of Hugo Chavez with the support of the CIA, RCN…
FIFA’s World Cup Under-20 tournament chief expressed his concern over the standard of some of the pitches to be used as training grounds for international teams at the forthcoming competition in…
Former Colombian Senator Luis Eladio Perez has launched formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights against former Presidents Andres Pastrana and Alvaro Uribe relating to the time he…
Less than 1% of Colombian farmland is insured, less than any other Latin American country, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, El Espectador reported Friday. While so…