Kidnapped farmer rescued by army in southcentral Colombia
A farmer who had been kidnapped and held to ransom by common criminals is rescued by the army on Sunday. Jose Ramon Cifuentes Ramirez was kidnapped in the early hours…
A farmer who had been kidnapped and held to ransom by common criminals is rescued by the army on Sunday. Jose Ramon Cifuentes Ramirez was kidnapped in the early hours…
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has announced that the La Niña phenomenon is approaching its end, although intensified storms in Colombia over the weekend affected 7,000 new victims. The latest…
Colombia’s Anti-Narcotics Police have discovered and dismantled 26 cocaine laboratories in the southcentral Colombian department of Guaviare, El Espectador reported Sunday. The laboratories were all between small and medium capacity,…
Ten members of the Colombian army and two civilians have been accused of five “false positive” killings that occurred in Colombia’s south-central Guaviare department in 2005, various media reported Thursday.…
President Juan Manuel Santos has announced the imposition of new military measures to stop guerrillas and drug traffickers that are currently operating with little opposition in the jungle department of…
The Colombian Army has seized war materials, uniforms and drug making paraphernalia in the continued fight against FARC guerrillas in the Guaviare department, newspaper El Espectador reported on Saturday. The…
The acting governer of Colomabi’s southern department of Guaviare resigned on Wednesday citing lack of time to perform his duties, reports RCN Radio. Governor Felipe Robledo is also the current…
A former governor of a southeastern department in Colombia was sentenced to 90 months in prison for ties with paramilitaries, reported Colombian press Tuesday. El Especatador reports that the Supreme…
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC may benefit from the recent killing of neo-paramilitary drug lord “Cuchillo,” newspaper El Espectador reported on Monday. According to the newspaper, the death of Pedro…