ELN targets oil industry in birthday celebration
A three-day attack on oil infrastructure staged to celebrate guerrilla group ELN’s 48th year of operations came to an end Friday. In advance of the group’s July 4 anniversary, fliers announcing an…
A three-day attack on oil infrastructure staged to celebrate guerrilla group ELN’s 48th year of operations came to an end Friday. In advance of the group’s July 4 anniversary, fliers announcing an…
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office on Wednesday began a preliminary investigation into alleged ties between Housing Minister German Vargas Lleras and jailed paramilitary warlord “Martin Llanos.” Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez decided…
Colombia’s electoral observation body warned that the country’s democratic system is “in crisis” Friday. Election Observation Mission (MOE) Director Alejandro Barrios criticized Colombia’s municipal and departmental governments for their high rate…
Protesters have forced Canadian oil company PetroMagdelena to halt the production of 3,700 barrels of oil per day at wells in Colombia’s oil-producing eastern department of Casanare. A small group…
Protesters have blocked oil truck routes in several towns in Colombia’s central eastern Casanare department for more than a week, said local media Wednesday. Rodolfo Jose Gonzalez, spokesman for oil company PetroMadgalena, said…
A former mayor in the east of Colombia, who has been charged with the murder of 30 people, remains at large, reported Associated Press Monday. Flaminio Cocinero Costo has been charged…
Four people were killed in a car crash during a post election celebration in the central Colombian department of Casanare, according to local media. The event took place during a…
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office on Monday barred the suspended governor of the eastern Colombian department of Casanare from holding office for 14 and a half years over corruption charges. Governor…
Six people were killed and over 20 seriously injured when a truck crashed into a bus, sending it tumbling into a ravine on the road linking Bucaramanga to the Atlantic…