Colombia’s security forces have arrested the brother of “Otoniel,” the leader of the country’s largest paramilitary organization AGC, the Defense Ministry said Sunday. Angel Eusebio Usuga, a.k.a. “Chengo” was the…
Authorities in the northwest Colombian province of Antioquia said Thursday that they have found the incinerated bodies of what locals said were local gold miners. The government secretary of Antioquia,…
Inhabitants of an eastern Colombian province have between 60 and 109 times more mercury in their body than a normal World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended average, according to the recently…
A woman from Cali has been dubbed Colombia’s “gold queen” after police accused her of exporting more than three metric tons of illegally mined gold to the United States. Mara…
Colombia’s mining minister has called for international regulation for gold similar to that imposed on the diamond trade to curb illegal mining in the country, according to US news network Bloomberg.…
Colombia’s constitutional court demanded on Tuesday that the government take immediate measures to save the country’s main river in the west from being destroyed by illegal armed groups’ gold mining…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday warned leftist rebels that their illicit fortune would be seized and used to pay reparations to war victims should voters approve a peace…
Opposition lawmakers in Colombia have proposed a bill that aims to cut the use of mercury and other toxic chemicals in illegal gold mining, that has polluted rivers and blighted…
Colombia’s authorities said Tuesday they have dealt a major blow to leftist guerrilla army ELN’s finances with a “historic” military operation against illegal gold mines. President Juan Manuel Santos said…