Colombian Air Force aided 2001 massacre: AUC leader
A former AUC leader claimed Colombia’s Air Force lent air support to a paramilitary operation against FARC guerrillas that killed at least 24 people in 2001. Elkin Casarrollo Posada, a…
A former AUC leader claimed Colombia’s Air Force lent air support to a paramilitary operation against FARC guerrillas that killed at least 24 people in 2001. Elkin Casarrollo Posada, a…
A confrontation between indigenous people and farmers in southwestern Colombia injured fourteen people, Radio Caracol reported Thursday. The clash occurred at midnight on Tuesday and was apparently the result of…
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office presented on Wednesday 140 new arrest orders against civilian political leaders suspected of being FARC collaborators, following the arrest of 29 suspected collaborators in the same southwestern…
At least 26 people suspected of collaborating with the FARC were arrested in a joint operation by forces of the Colombian army, police and air force, local media reported Tuesday.…
Authorities in the southwest of Colombia have arrested 14 suspected FARC aides, local media reported Saturday. Among the suspects are two government officials. According to national authorities, the suspects have…
An Ecuadorean teenager will return home after more than 40 days in captivity, Colombia media reported Thursday. Five armed men siezed the 13-year-old boy and his mother in the northern…
Colombia’s 14th Mobile Brigade have defused a bomb found in the town of Caloto in the southwestern department of Cauca, reported local media. Security forces discovered 22 cylinders which contained…
Residents fled their homes in southwest Colombia over concerns of escalating violence, after FARC attacks on Thursday and Friday night injured a local police inspector, local media reported Friday. There…
Police have seized a ton and a half of marijuana in the west of Colombia, reported local media on Wednesday. The marijuana was transported in a truck under butter and…