Colombian and Ecuadorean police have destroyed seven drug laboratories and detained seven presumed drug traffickers in a joint operation on the border between the two countries, reported various media Friday.…
The Colombian Communist Party (PCC) has been suspended from the left-wing Polo Democratico coalition for keeping links with another left-wing movement, Marcha Patriotica, local media reported Thursday night. The president…
Colombia said Thursday it would increase protection of the country’s oil and mining industries after rebel groups drastically increased the number of attacks on companies and infrastructure over the past…
Alleged FARC guerrillas have burnt four public transport bused in six days in the northwest of Colombia, reported radio station Caracol Thursday. The latest attack took place Thursday in the…
The UN representative for indigenous rights, James Anaya, encouraged the Colombian government Thursday to advance in dialogues with an indigenous movement in the southwestern Cauca department that has been calling for the…
Colombia will extradite “Sebastian,” the captured leader of the Medellin-based crime syndicate Oficina de Envigado, to the United States, said president Juan Manuel Santos Wednesday. According to Santos, Colombia will…
The left-wing rebel groups FARC and ELN have launched a series of hit and run offensives against civilian and military targets in Colombia’s northeastern Arauca department. During the first week…
“Sebastian,” the leader of the Medellin-based crime syndicate Oficina de Envigado and one of Colombia’s most wanted criminals, was captured by police Wednesday. Capturamos a alias “Sebastián” en Antioquia, el…
Colombia’s inspector general says Bogota’s mayor Gustavo Petro’s proposal to create state-run drug consumption centers is “unconstitutional.” Alejandro Ordoñez said he would send a letter to Petro reminding him to respect…