A convoy led by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was navigating difficult, remote terrain to reach the location where the FARC will release French journalist Romeo Langlois. “So far, according to my...
A humanitarian commission left the southern Colombian town of Florencia Wednesday to pick up French journalist Romeo Langlois who the FARC promised to release after more than a month in captivity. The commission, consisting of...
Several armed men attempted to kidnap a political candidate for the local government in the Colombian department of Caqueta, in the southwest of the country, Caracol Radio reported Sunday. Victor Isidro Ramirez avoided becoming...
A Conservative Party candidate for city council in Florencia, in the southwestern Colombian department of Caqueta, has been assassinated, Spanish news agency EFE reported Sunday. Jazmin Ortiz Rodriguez, 36, was shot three times...
Police found a minefield on a road in the southern Caqueta department that was allegedly installed by FARC guerrillas, reported Caracol Radio on Tuesday. According to the commander of the local police department, authorities...
Colombian authorities have ordered the relocation of prisoners at the Valledupar prison, following the discovery of traces of feces in the prison’s food and a deficit in potable water, newspaper El Espectador reported...
Colombia’s Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera said that two demobilized FARC guerrillas have come forward to provide authorities with information regarding the whereabouts of the four Chinese oil workers kidnapped on June 8,...
Two women involved in the FARC’s kidnapping of the French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and of three U.S. military contractors have been sentenced to sixteen years in prison, Caracol Radio reported Friday....
The southern Colombia town of Florencia, Caqueta, is planning a day of cultural events and trade exhibitions on December 18 in an effort to revive business in the region in the countdown to Christmas, reports La Nacion....
