Police arrest 100 members of illegal armed groups
Colombia’s police reported the arrest 100 members of illegal armed groups during the last week of former President Alvaro Uribe’s leadership. According to a police press release, 68 people linked…
Colombia’s police reported the arrest 100 members of illegal armed groups during the last week of former President Alvaro Uribe’s leadership. According to a police press release, 68 people linked…
A public prosecutor in Cucuta, in Colombia’s Norte de Santander department, asked paramilitaries to disguise young people as AUC members in order to improve the prosecution’s arrest statistics, according to…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe says that Colombia’s foreign relations, particularly with Venezuela, will improve when his mandate ends, but that the next government will not stop protesting against the harboring of…
Venezuelan authorities deported 48 Colombians on Thursday, including three of the eight Colombians who were arrested on suspicion of espionage in late March, reports El Mundo. The Colombian nationals were…
Colombian Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez said Wednesday that the exhibition of two statues honoring late FARC founder Manuel “Tirofijo” Marulanda and current FARC leader Jorge “Mono Jojoy” Briceño, in a Venezuelan border town adjacent…
Colombia’s Foreign Minister, Jaime Bermudez, will travel to the northeastern city of Cucuta on Wednesday to evaluate the situation of Colombians residing on the border with Venezuela, reports Caracol Radio.…
A Colombian Catholic priest was sentenced to six years and eight months in prison Friday for sexually abusing a 13-year-old altar boy, according to Noticias Colombia. The court also ordered…
Colombian opposition Senator Piedad Cordoba will work to re-establish ties with Venezuela during a visit to the socialist country next week. Cordoba, who on Wednesday met with representatives of Colombian…
Cities around Colombia are backing the transit strike paralyzing Bogota, with many taxi drivers and intercity bus drivers joining the protest. “Following meetings with authorities [and because of the] unfulfilled…