Colombia arrests two Tren de Aragua bosses
Colombia’s police said they have arrested a founder and a regional chief of organized crime group Tren de Aragua over the past week. Last week, police arrested Salomon Fernandez, the…
Colombia’s police said they have arrested a founder and a regional chief of organized crime group Tren de Aragua over the past week. Last week, police arrested Salomon Fernandez, the…
The family of a drug trafficker infiltrated the campaign of Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro ahead of last year’s elections, according to his political party Colombia Humana. Television network Caracol reported…
The organization of Colombia’s indigenous peoples on Tuesday urged the government to respond to an alleged increase in death threats against native peoples throughout the country. According to the National…
The prosecution and paramilitary group AGC have been intimidating locals near oil fields of state-run company Ecopetrol in northeast Colombia after a series of guerrilla attacks. The Ombudsman last week…
Days after Canadian oil firm Frontera Energy paid the military $1 million, authorities in eastern Colombia arrested locals who had been leading protests against the company, according their local media.…
Illegal fishing of the already endangered pink dolphins in eastern Colombia is further endangering this rare species. According to newspaper El Espectador, police found two bodies of the mammals on the banks of…
Colombia’s last remaining rebel group, the ELN, allegedly killed two police officers and bombed an oil pipeline in the northeast of the country on Sunday amid stalled peace talks. A hit-and-run attack on…
While peace talks with Colombia’s second largest rebel group seem to be as stuck as ever, the ELN shut down the east of the country. From Monday to Wednesday, nobody in the provinces…