4 dead, 15 injured in horrific bus crash
A horrific bus crash on a highway north of Bogota, Colombia, leaves four dead and 15 injured Wednesday morning, reports Radio Santa Fe. The driver of the Aguila company bus…
A horrific bus crash on a highway north of Bogota, Colombia, leaves four dead and 15 injured Wednesday morning, reports Radio Santa Fe. The driver of the Aguila company bus…
Colombia launched an emergency plan to control the country’s mines and provide better saftey for workers, RCN Radio reported Thursday. The new measures include requiring the highest levels of security…
The outgoing geology and mining director says that there are not enough resources to sufficiently monitor mining in Colombia, RCN Radio reported Wednesday. “Ingeominas [Colombia’s Institute of Geology and Mining]…
Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of all 21 people killed in a north Colombian mining accident Wednesday morning, El Tiempo reported Thursday. Mine official Luis Alfonso Solorzano told the…
Colombian authorities have raised the risk level of the Galeras volcano to orange alert, meaning an eruption is likely within days or weeks. The Colombian Institute of Geology and Mining…
Colombia’s minister of mining and energy orders the closure of the La Preciosa coal mine in the north of the country after Wednesday morning’s deadly blast reports Caracol Radio. Minister Carlos…
Three children aged under 10 died, and their mother remains in a critical condition, after a fire at their home in Caqueta, southern Colombia, reports radio station Caracol. The father of…
Bello, a small town north of Medellin, is experiencing a wave of disaster tourism after a landslide on Sunday buried houses and killed at least 50 people, Noticias Uno reported…
Colombia’s Minister for Justice and the Interior German Vargas Lleras announced that the government is going to declare a national disaster in order to deal with devastation caused by the ongoing…