Doubts continue to grow over inconsistencies between accounts of the capture of General Ruben Dario Alzate by the FARC. While the general claims to have been captured at gunpoint by FARC guerrillas…
Colombia’s national government on Monday promised to act against illegal mining in the southwestern Cauca state after some 100 women had marched to Bogota and locals internationally denounced death threats.
Colombia’s defense minister on Monday proposed that all gold must be sold to the country’s central bank to prevent illegal armed groups’ involvement in profitable illegal mining operations.
Organized crime group “Los Rastrojos” has threatened to kill black and indigenous communities who have called on authorities to shut down an illegally-operated goldmine in the region.
Colombian rebel group FARC has made a number of alliances with criminal groups, including former enemies, in order to protect joint interests in illegal activities like drug trafficking or illegal mining, according…
Six Chinese citizens were arrested together with 16 Colombians who were found working in an illegal mine in the north of Colombia, migration authorities said Tuesday.
Colombia’s Comptroller General’s Office issued a warning to the national government Monday over the unchecked use of mercury in over half of the country’s 32 states.
Colombia’s Supreme Court authorized the continuation of destroying machines used in illegal mining activities, according to local media reports on Friday.
In the latest effort against illegal mining, the Colombian government has created a new unit dedicated to stopping illegal mining in the country, according to a press release by Colombia’s…