A court in Caldas on Tuesday nullified last year’s election of the central Colombian department’s governor. The elections were nullified after the court found that the winner, current Governor Guido…
Mayors from several municipalities in the northwestern department of Caldas, which has long been a popular site for mining operations, reported an increase in illegal mining and the spreading influence…
Police have seized a shipment of marijuana valued at $225,000 in central Colombia, Radio Caracol reported Wednesday. The drugs were apparently concealed in a load of pumpkins on a service…
The Colombian government charged 100 soliders with killing civilians, Radio Caracol reported Thursday. In a practice known as creating “false postitives,” the soldiers allegedly killed at least 50 civilians, including…
A U.S. federal court has sentenced Colombian narcotrafficker Carlos Arture Patiño Restrepo, alias “Patemuro,” to 40 years in prison Wednesday, local media reported. Patiño was found guilty of smuggling tens…
Colombian intelligence agents uncovered and dismantled an international human trafficking network, local media reported Monday. Colombia’s Technical Investigation Team (CTI), the investigatory branch of the Prosecutor General’s Office, captured two…
Authorities declared a red alert in areas downstream from the central Colombia Nevado del Ruiz volcano Sunday amid growing concerns an eruption is imminent. According to Colombia’s meteorological institute IDEAM,…
Authorities in central Colombia said Friday they are completely calm and highly prepared in the face of a potential eruption of the Nevada del Ruiz volcano. The Mayor of the…
Canadian mining company Gran Colombia Gold has announced a $2 million investment in the department of Caldas, to aid with the relocation of the town of Marmato in order to…