Kidnappings on the rise in Colombia: NGO
A report from Colombian anti-kidnapping NGO Pais Libre released Thursday said there were 82 kidnappings in Colombia during the first three months of 2012, an 11% increase compared to the…
A report from Colombian anti-kidnapping NGO Pais Libre released Thursday said there were 82 kidnappings in Colombia during the first three months of 2012, an 11% increase compared to the…
President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday announced “Troy II” a military operation aimed to curb drug trafficking, illegal mining and extortion in the north of Colombia. The president, speaking at…
The Colombian army detained five of its members on Wednesday in Antioquia caught delivering over 600 kilograms of cocaine to criminal groups. The commander of the Colombian army’s Seventh Brigade,…
Authorities captured an alleged leader of drug trafficking organization “Los Rastrojos” in northeastern Colombia Thursday, reported Radio Caracol. Héctor Jairo Bermúdez Ríos, known as “El Paisa,” was reportedly in charge of…
Colombian National Police said that 32 alleged members and collaborators of the drug trafficking group “Los Rastrojos”, among them four policemen, have been captured during the last three days in…
The Colombian navy said Monday it has found a semi-submergible submarine used to transport cocaine in a remote riverbed in the southwest of the country. The 20 meter long, diesel-driven…
The bodies of an indigenous leader and his two sons were excavated from a communal grave, approximately one year after their disappearance following a major drug cartel’s incursion into northern…
Police arrest 23 members of criminal gangs in northern Colombia Thursday, including 19 people belonging to the neo-paramilitary drug trafficking organization “Los Urabeños.“ The gang members— who were arrested in…
FARC guerillas have been blamed for a bombing in southwestern Colombia, which injured eight police officers and several civilians, local media reported. The bomb went off about 1PM Tuesday near…