Several armed men attempted to kidnap a political candidate for the local government in the Colombian department of Caqueta, in the southwest of the country, Caracol Radio reported Sunday. Victor…
The body of human rights defender was found dumped in the road in southern Colombia the day after alleged FARC guerrillas abducted him on Sunday night. According to the local…
The daughter of the northeast Colombia mayor, who has been held in captivity for more than two weeks, may be released within 24 hours, the governor of the department announced.…
Fighting between the Colombian Armed Forces and alleged members of the FARC has left one soldier dead and three people injured, Colombian media reported Wednesday. Soldier Diego Andres Avila Castrilon was…
The kidnapped mayor of a town in the southwestern Cauca department was released after 15 days in captivity. According to newspaper El Espectador, Milton Fabian Hurtado, the mayor of Almaguer,…
A Colombian soldier has killed one member of an indigenous community and injured two others in Cauca, southwest Colombia, various local media reported Thursday. Members of the army were apparently…
Ten people were kidnapped Sunday night from a holiday home in the municipality of Sopetran, Antioquia, just north of Medellin. According to initial reports, 15 gunmen entered the house located…
The former governor of the Meta department, Alan Jara, rescinded his request Thursday for compensation from the government for the time he was held captive by the FARC. Jara stated,…
Twenty-one of the 23 oil workers kidnapped on Monday in the eastern department of Vichada have been rescued by Colombia’s armed forces, W Radio reports. According to the army, one…