The governor of the Antioquia province said Tuesday he has asked Colombia’s national government to close the border with Ecuador to curb a growing humanitarian crisis at the closed border with Panama.…
The unexpected and premature demobilization of FARC guerrillas in northwest Colombia has surprised local authorities who are still preparing to assume control in the area and prevent a power vacuum, according to…
One policemen was killed and three were injured on Wednesday amid ongoing attacks on security forces by the neo-paramilitary Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AGC). According to local media, the group…
Some 2,000 members of the military have been sent to northern Colombia to facilitate the safe demobilization of 1,200 FARC guerrillas and prevent violence from other groups, local authorities and the…
Colombia’s authorities arrested a man who admitted to having murdered 20 people, including his wive and children, in the area around Medellin. While looking for one missing person, the Medellin anti-kidnapping…
Some 400 illegal migrants have been stranded in the north Colombian port city of Turbo, a week after Panama closed its border to stem the flow of illegal migrants on their…
Colombia’s authorities said Sunday they had seized eight metric tons of cocaine, claiming it was the biggest cocaine bust in the history of the country.
Locals in a town near the late Pablo Escobar’s Haciendo Napoles have been both intrigued and terrified to find hippos wandering down their streets.
Colombia arrested 16 members of a transnational people smuggling ring specializing in migrants of Cuban, Pakistani and African origin, authorities said Tuesday.