Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday ordered the formation of a new army unit to curb the increase in FARC violence in the southwestern Cauca department. The president’s three-point…
The death toll of Saturday’s FARC bomb attack on several towns in the southwest of Colombia was raised to six, local media reported Sunday. Some 70 civilians were injured in…
FARC guerrillas attacked a local market in southwest Colombia Saturday killing at least three people and injuring 70 others in the southwestern town of Toribio, its mayor told French press…
An 8-year-old and a 13-year-old have been injured after stepping on an alleged ELN landmine in a rural area of the southwest Colombian department of Cauca, El Espectador reported Wednesday.…
Colombian authorities successfully deactivated a “FARC” car bomb in the southwest department of Cauca, two days after an “ELN” car bomb in the department capital Popayan killed one and injured…
The cultivation and sale of genetically modified marijuana is becoming more common in southwest Colombia, leading to an increase in prices, newspaper AFP reported. Locals reported that in the mountains…
One of the 17 victims of a car bomb that exploded in the southwestern Colombian city of Popayan Saturday has died of his injuries. Authorities said Sunday that leftist rebels…
A car bomb that exploded late Saturday in the southwestern Colombian city of Popayan has left 17 people injured. The bomb was so heavy it was heard and felt in…
Colombian officials have reported that 80 percent of demobilized minors who formerly belonged to an illegal armed group joined voluntarily. According to the government’s High Commission for Reintegration, more than…