A new Mrs Colombia is crowned in Bogota
Layla Martinez Diaz strutted her stuff and was crowned the new Mrs Colombia in Bogota Sunday. The 26-year-old lawyer, hailing from the northern department of Cesar, beat out 14 other…
Layla Martinez Diaz strutted her stuff and was crowned the new Mrs Colombia in Bogota Sunday. The 26-year-old lawyer, hailing from the northern department of Cesar, beat out 14 other…
Thousands of dead fish washed up on the banks of a river in north Colombia on Monday, leading to accusations that a nearby construction project is contaminating the local water…
More than 100 politicians accused of links to the AUC paramilitary organization accepted a plea deal that would see their sentences shortened, reported local media. The investigation involved former mayors and city…
Seventeen alleged members of the neo-paramilitary group the Urabeños were captured by authorities in Colombia’s northern Cesar department, according to local media. Among those arrested in the region that borders Venezuela…
Almost 95% of murders of trade unionists in Colombia have gone unpunished, the United Nations revealed Tuesday. Between 1984 and 2011, 2,800 unionists were killed, 216 were disappeared, 83 were…
A car bomb injured two policemen and one civilian in the north of Colombia late Monday. The explosion occurred less than 100 meters from a school in the municipality of…
Former paramilitaries are being re-enlisted in a private army which will be used to violently resist the restitution of land to displaced farmers in the north-Colombia Cesar department, according to…
Four guerrillas have been killed during offensives in northern Colombia while 17 more surrendered to authorities, reported El Espectador Wednesday. According to Army General Jorge Eleicer Suarez, the four casualties…
A U.S. court has allowed three Colombian former paramilitaries to testify against Alabama-based coal company Drummond for the company’s alleged links to paramilitary organization AUC, Noticias Uno reported Tuesday. The…