Armed men assassinate indigenous in southwest Colombia
Armed men on motorcycles have shot at indigenous people in southwest Colombia, killing one, the governor of the Cauca department said Tuesday. One member of the Nasa tribe was killed…
Armed men on motorcycles have shot at indigenous people in southwest Colombia, killing one, the governor of the Cauca department said Tuesday. One member of the Nasa tribe was killed…
Ten Koreans travelling with false documents have been arrested on a bus in Colombia’s southwestern Cauca department, local media reported Monday. Newspaper El Espectador wrote the group, consisting of three…
A prominent FARC guerrilla responsible for providing the rebel group with arms has been arrested in Ecuador, said Colombia police on Monday. Ecuadorean Police captured Edilson Castro Lopez, alias “Jairo”…
A indigenous leader from the southwest of Colombia has received death threats from paramilitaries, reported local media Sunday. The leader from the Association of Indigenous Councils of Northern Cauca (ACIN),…
Ex-senator Piedad Cordoba said she will face any legal consequences should a court decide to press charges for her call to overthrow the government. “The only thing I can say…
An indigenous group from the southwest of Colombia said Tuesday they may sue the Colombian government for using violence when retaking a military base in mid-July. The army used tear…
Ex-senator Piedad Cordoba is demanding a criminal investigation of Colombia’s Defense Minister and Inspector General for accusing the ex-senator of inciting violence, reported local media Tuesday. Cordoba’s attorney, Luis Guillermo…
Colombian police have identified 195 different ways drug traffickers transport cocaine, marijuana and heroin from the conflict-ridden department of Cauca to both international and domestic markets. The study, a product…
Colombia’s inspector general may prosecute ex-senator Piedad Cordoba who called for the government’s overthrow, local media reported Monday. In a speech to the Nasa tribe, the group disputing the military’s presence…