Santos thanks Ecuador, Panama for border security efforts
President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday he appreciates Ecuador and Panama collaborating with Colombia on fighting crime and increasing border security.
President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday he appreciates Ecuador and Panama collaborating with Colombia on fighting crime and increasing border security.
Colombia’s oldest rebel group FARC has destroyed 20 homes in an attack in the south-western region of Putumayo on the border to Ecuador, reported local media on Friday.
The governments of Colombia and Panama made a public agreement on Monday to increase coordination in countering organized crime and guerrilla insurgency along their common border.
Some 4,000 Colombian guerrillas are camped in Venezuela, the governor of that country’s most southern state said Thursday.
Ecuador on Thursday called on Colombia to enforce security along the countries’ common border after an allegedly Colombian illegal armed group reportedly killed an Ecuadorean soldier at a border crossing.
In a surprise move, Venezuela on Tuesday closed the Colombian border five days before holding its presidential election. According to Colombian media reports, Venezuelan border patrol officials at 6AM closed…
Colombia and Nicaragua clashed Thursday over a Nicaraguan boat that refused order by the Colombian Navy to leave disputed territory in the Caribbean. The civilian boat, who according to Managua…
The Colombian Army and National Police in the south of the country have been put are on high alert after government intelligence discovered that FARC guerrillas are forcing farmers to…
Venezuela on Saturday closed the border with Colombia and other neighbors ahead of the country’s presidential election Sunday. The country’s Interior and Justice Minister Tareck Al Aissami announced the closing…