4 killed in southwest Colombia massacre linked to narco war
A violent clash between drug trafficking organizations in the southwestern Colombian department of Valle del Cauca has killed four people on Friday, local police said.
A violent clash between drug trafficking organizations in the southwestern Colombian department of Valle del Cauca has killed four people on Friday, local police said.
Terrorism in Colombia did go up in 2012, the country’s defense minister confirmed Saturday, adding however that this year the number of acts of terrorism dropped significantly.
Some 300 families have fled a slum in the southwest of Cali after a local gang gave inhabitants the choice to leave or be killed, local newspaper El Pais reported…
Colombia experienced its second consecutive year of increased terrorism in 2012 despite a significant drop in attacks in the second half of the year, according to the United States annual…
Police in Bogota said Wednesday they have arrested a top commander of neo-paramilitary organization “Los Urabeños” who was in charge of the group’s activity in and around Cali.
Colombia’s criminal groups have increased the use of landmines to protect camps and coca crops in large parts of Colombia. According to experts, these groups use landmines in a different…
Colombian authorities said Monday they have captured two important ringleaders respectively of the neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños” and drug cartel “Los Rastrojos.”
Anti-kidnapping NGO Pais Libre said Sunday 58 people were kidnapped in Colombia during the first three months of 2013, indicating a 40% decrease compared to the same period last year…
Colombia’s largest neo-paramilitary group, “Los Urabeños” are taking over drug routes and coca fields in the north and southwest of the country, a conflict analyst said Saturday.