Military finds mysteriously disappeared helicopter in northwest Colombia
Colombia’s army found a helicopter in the north western province of Choco, after it was hijacked in June.
Colombia’s army found a helicopter in the north western province of Choco, after it was hijacked in June.
Colombia’s military said Thursday that it has killed twelve members of the ELN guerrilla group in the southwest of Colombia, six of which were identified.
A Kazakhstani national considered to be one of the top dogs in illegal mining in the Pacific coastal province of Choco, was arrested by police in Bogota on Monday.
Rebel group ELN has allegedly destroyed four trucks in western Colombia, disconnecting much of the region from the rest of the country.
The ELN, Colombia’s second largest rebel group, allegedly burned five trucks effectively blocking the road from Quibdo to Medellin, local media reported Wednesday.
Colombia’s Ombudsman’s Office has sued the governor of the country’s poorest province in order to prevent the governor from taking action that would leave 77,700 children without school food.
At least thirty homes and a power supply line were damaged in the northwest of Colombia when a magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit the Colombia-Panama border on Tuesday evening.
The National Police on Monday said it had seized three metric tons of cocaine in the northwest of Colombia.
Due to “significant improvements” against human destruction, UNESCO removed Colombia’s Katios National Park from its list of World Heritage in Danger.