Colombia’s coca cultivation up 3%: UN
Coca cultivation in Colombia has risen 3% in 2011 compared to 2010, the United Nations said Wednesday. In 2011, 64,000 hectares were used for coca cultivation, compared to 62,000 in…
Coca cultivation in Colombia has risen 3% in 2011 compared to 2010, the United Nations said Wednesday. In 2011, 64,000 hectares were used for coca cultivation, compared to 62,000 in…
Lawyers of the ex-AUC commander “Macaco” said Monday their client would not continue collaborating with Colombia’s Justice and Peace process without guarantees of legal immunity in the United States. Macaco,…
A Colombian court sentenced the FARC’s supreme commander, Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri, alias “Timochenko,” to 34 years in prison in absentia Wednesday for a 1999 attack that killed several civilians. The court, located…
An alleged FARC ideologue known as “El Indio” has surrendered to armed forces in southern Colombia, various media reported Wednesday. The 39-year-old suspected FARC member spent some 23 years serving…
An alleged FARC attack has killed three Colombian Army soldiers during hard combat in the southern Caqueta department, local media reported Tuesday. The combat between the presumed guerrillas of the…
Colombia’s Supreme Court detained a senator for allegedly engaging in real estate and money laundering deals with drug traffickers. Early on Tuesday, the Supreme Court placed Dilian Francisca Toro under house…
An alleged attack by the left-wing guerrilla group the ELN has left two soldiers wounded in the southwestern Nariño department, reported local media Monday evening. The army patrol was attacked…
Colombian police seized 179 kg of pure cocaine in the northwestern department of Choco, reported local media Tuesday. The cocaine, considered to be of “very high quality” according to police,…
A series of rebel attacks in Colombia’s northeastern Arauca department have caused an emergency situation in several municipalities, reported local media Tuesday. In the Arauca municipalities of Saravena, Tame and…