Turf wars biggest threat to post-FARC peace in Colombia: UN
Wars over control over the cultivation of coca, the plant used to make cocaine, is the biggest threat to benefits of a pending peace deal with the FARC and the…
Wars over control over the cultivation of coca, the plant used to make cocaine, is the biggest threat to benefits of a pending peace deal with the FARC and the…
Illegal mining operations exist in 307 of Colombia’s 1,102 municipalities and cause the Andean nation to lose more than $67.8 million (200 billion pesos) in tax revenue annually, the Colombian…
Alleged members of paramilitary successor group “Los Urabeños” were killed in combat with FARC rebels in the north of Colombia on Monday.
Months after neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños” forced an end to mining activities of Canada’s Gran Colombia Gold in northern Colombia, a newly announced group has vowed to reinstate order.
A Kazakhstani national considered to be one of the top dogs in illegal mining in the Pacific coastal province of Choco, was arrested by police in Bogota on Monday.
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday declared a war on the $2.5 billion illegal mining industry in the country.
Colombian armed forces raided 63 illegal mining operations allegedly operated by the FARC Monday, blowing up mining equipment and arresting 59 people in one of the biggest raids on illegal…
Tens of thousands of Colombian miners have taken to the streets in demand reform of the mining code and formalize informal mining, the third of such strikes since President Juan Manuel…
Hundreds of members of indigenous communities in southwest Colombia marched in protest over the weekend against the illegal gold mining taking place in their territories.