Mercury poisoning from illegal mining a problem in over half the states in Colombia: Govt watchdog agency
Colombia’s Comptroller General’s Office issued a warning to the national government...
Tag: illegal gold mining
Colombia creates special unit to combat illegal mining
In the latest effort against illegal mining, the Colombian government has created a new unit...
‘FARC owns 67 diggers for gold mining in 1 town in northern Colombia alone’
The FARC, Colombia’s largest rebel group, owns more than 67 diggers in just one town in the...
Colombia a changing map of crime and violence: Report
New waves of violence have emerged from the fragmentation of Colombia’s neo-paramilitary groups and drug cartels, concentrated in Colombia’s central region and Caribbean and Pacific coasts but is present in all...
