Ongoing fighting between Colombia’s armed forces and the FARC in the southwest of the country is causing a “delicate humanitarian situation,” said a local ombudsman Saturday. Since fighting escalated last…
Colombian police seized four tons of marijuana, allegedly belonging to the FARC, in the embattled southwestern department of Cauca, local media reported Friday. Police found 47 drug packets buried in…
Colombia’s defense minister announced plans Thursday a month-long tour of the country to determine security needs in local communities. Senior military and police personnel will join Defense Minister Juan Carlos…
The Colombian Air Force said Thursday afternoon two crew members manning a crashed airplane, which may have been shot down by guerrillas, had been found dead in the southwestern Cauca…
Some 400 members of an indigenous community in southwestern Colombia occupied a military base Wednesday, demanding government forces leave the region, which has been plagued by increasing violence recently. The…
Guerrilla group FARC claimed it has shot down a Colombian Air Force Super Tucano aircraft over the southwestern Cauca department on Wednesday evening. According to Colombian radio station Caracol, the…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announces “Plan Cauca,” a two-pronged strategy aimed at tackling violence in the southwestern department plagued by guerrilla attacks. Speaking at a security council meeting in…
Colombia’s Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon said Wednesday the armed forces will remain in the war-torn southwestern Cauca department following FARC attacks and criticism from the indigenous population in the…
Police technicians defused a series of explosives found Tuesday in a soccer field that was being refurbished as a helicopter landing pad for President Juan Manuel Santos’ visit to southwestern…