ELN hostage ‘switcheroo’ threatening peace talks with Colombia’s government
Colombia’s ELN rebels put peace talks with the government in doubt by releasing a former governor but replacing him with his brother, a former congressman.
Colombia’s ELN rebels put peace talks with the government in doubt by releasing a former governor but replacing him with his brother, a former congressman.
More than 3,000 people have been displaced in western Colombia amid fighting between left-wing ELN rebels, their neo-paramilitary rivals “Los Urabeños” and the army, according to authorities.
A former governor from west Colombia was released by his captors on Sunday, two and a half years after he was kidnapped on a jungle road in his home province.
At least 400 people from western Colombia have been forced to flee their homes while thousands are suffering a humanitarian emergency because of military activity of paramilitary successor group “Urabeños” and leftist…
Indigenous and black communities in the west of Colombia filed a lawsuit, claiming 37 of their children had died after drinking water contaminated with mercury by nearby mining operations.
Negotiator “Pastor Alape” barely held his tears while asking locals for forgiveness for a 2002 FARC massacre that killed at least 79 in the west Colombian village of Bojaya, but some townsmen said the…
The recent kidnapping of two civilians, and death threats delivered to the local human rights chief and a mayor-elect are making life in part of Colombia’s Pacific region almost impossible, the…
The governor of Choco, Colombia’s Pacific department where two thirds of the population live in poverty, will be charged for embezzlement after allegedly stealing $1.5 million in health funds.
Colombia’s military has dealt one of the biggest blows in the history of drug trafficking paramilitary group “Los Urabeños,” killing at least 12 in a bombardment.