Families buried in north Colombia landslide
Families living in three houses in La Cruz, in the Atlantico department, northern Colombia, have been buried by a landslide, Colombian media reported Tuesday. Emergency services are trying to reach…
Families living in three houses in La Cruz, in the Atlantico department, northern Colombia, have been buried by a landslide, Colombian media reported Tuesday. Emergency services are trying to reach…
Colombian police reported instances of violence, protests, and arrests connected to Colombia’s regional elections. In the north coast department of Atlantico, police officials caught 12 persons who had warrants out…
Five Colombian departments have issued crisis alerts due to landslides and heavy rains brought on by the year’s second rainy season, Colombian media reported Monday. Relief agencies in the Santander,…
Flyers circulating in a northern municipality revealed local infidelities, sex for money exchanges and other types of promiscuous behavior, newspaper El tiempo reported Monday. Local authorities in the municipality of…
The governor of Colombia’s Atlantico department governor has issued a general call to the tourism sector to take advantage of opportunities to sell tourist packages for the whole Caribbean region,…
The Colombian National Police’s continued offensive against criminal organizations has resulted in 23 arrests, including a leader of the “Los Rastrojos” drug trafficking gang, newspaper El Espectador reported Friday. Police…
Colombian police announce the arrest of 13 people in operations in the north Colombian Atlantico department. Five were detained for arms trafficking, two for domestic violence, two for drug trafficking,…
Residents of a north Colombian town rioted Friday over the appointment of a new mayor by the local government, leaving at least 10 people injured. A disturbance broke out Friday…
Colombian media and public figures compare the catastrophic floods in northern Colombia with those caused by “Katrina,” the hurricane that hit the U.S. city of New Orleans in 2005. According…