Police claim seizing 3 tons of cocaine in northwest Colombia
The National Police on Monday said it had seized three metric tons of cocaine in the northwest of Colombia.
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Colombia’s Los Katios Park no longer in danger: UNESCO
Due to “significant improvements” against human destruction, UNESCO removed Colombia’s Katios National Park from its list of World Heritage in Danger.
Mother and child miraculously survive air crash and 5 days in west Colombia’s jungle
A mother and baby were miraculously found alive five days after the airplane they were traveling in crashed in the jungles of west Colombia, killing the pilot.
Pilot killed in west Colombia airplane crash, mother and baby missing
A mother and her baby were still missing in the west of Colombia on Monday, two days after the airplane they were on crashed, killing the pilot.
FARC admits to having killed Swedish tourist missing in northwest Colombia since 2013
Rebel group FARC has admitted to killing a Swedish tourist, who disappeared in 2013 while traveling in the jungles of northwest Colombia, reported Semana magazine.
Hundreds of indigenous displaced by war in west Colombia
Over 700 indigenous people from the municipality of Bagado in the province of Choco have been forced to abandon their homes since March due to repeated outbreaks of violence between…
FARC loses key commander in northwest Colombia: Military
The Colombian military has killed a leading FARC commander, whose front is accused of being one of the guerrillas’ primary drug trafficking units in the northwest of the country, said…
Colombia turns attention to extreme poverty in Pacific west
Colombia’s government revealed plans on Thursday to confront the extreme poverty that has been killing children in the Pacific west of the country.
Mayor of one of Colombia’s poorest towns ‘gives away salary to curb misery’
A frustrated mayor of one the poorest towns in Colombia has reportedly become tired of begging for a budget from the national government and has taken to giving away his own…