Colombia’s ombudsman has expressed concern over the apparent appearance of the Sinaloa Cartel in the south of the country, according to news agency EFE. Ombudsman Carlos Negret said at a…
The governor of Caqueta, a province in southern Colombia, has been sentenced to 7 and a half years in jail for conspiring with illegal paramilitary groups. The sentence also contains…
A mid-level FARC dissident commander has been killed almost a year an a half after he abandoned Colombia’s peace process, President Ivan Duque said Saturday. “Rodrigo Cadete,” whose real name…
Colombia’s prosecution said Thursday that it has arrested the alleged boss of the drug trafficking organization that offered free holidays abroad to poor people which ended up killing 24. Jesus…
Eleven dissident FARC guerrillas were killed and two captured in the south of Colombia, the defense minister said on Monday. The operation is the second alleged strike in a month…
FARC leader “Ivan Marquez” announced he would move from Bogota to a rural camp for demobilized guerrillas amid major tensions over the possible extradition of the group’s ideologue. Marquez, whose…
Police in southern Colombia said Tuesday that they arrested a fake shaman who used his self-proclaimed ability to cast spells to extort victims.
Tourism has become a tool for reconciliation in areas where violence has dropped after the demobilization of the FARC, Colombia’s largest former guerrilla group. Economic website Portafolio talked to tourism…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos announced on Thursday that the Serrania de Chiribiquete park, the country’s biggest national park, will be extended by 1.5 million hectares. The extension will make…