Colombia’s army claims destruction of 7 coca labs
Colombia’s National Army announced on Tuesday that seven coca processing laboratories allegedly belonging to the FARC’s 15th Front were neutralized during military operations.
Colombia’s National Army announced on Tuesday that seven coca processing laboratories allegedly belonging to the FARC’s 15th Front were neutralized during military operations.
The national entity charged with safeguarding Colombia’s threatened individuals needs a multi-million dollar boost in order to keep up current levels of protection, according to Colombia’s Minister of the Interior.
Members of the ruling coalition in Colombia’s congress on Tuesday proposed dissolving the national prison authority INPEC amid accumulating allegations of widespread corruption and overcrowding.
Colombia’s Prosecutor-General’s Office has launched an investigation into the deaths of three inmates caused by a homemade alcoholic drink at a maximum security prison, local media reported on Tuesday.
A top-ranking political leader of the FARC turned himself into authorities in Colombia’s west-central state of Tolima on Saturday, after more than two decades with the country’s largest rebel group, according to local media.
Torrential rain in Colombia’s coastal city of Barranquilla, Atlantico has affected more than 1,500 homes, leaving one person dead and another still missing, according to local media.