Until their demobilization, Colombia’s FARC guerrillas developed a sophisticated business empire that generated billions of dollars to fund their strategy to overthrow the state, according to the prosecution. The guerrillas’…
Colombia’s security forces have rescued the grandniece of late Nobel prize laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez almost four months after she was kidnapped, President Ivan Duque confirmed Monday. The victim, Melissa…
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal on Tuesday began hearing victims of kidnapping by demobilized FARC guerrillas behind closed doors after the victims expressed fear of repercussions. Case #001 of the Special…
The kidnappers of the grandniece of late Colombian author and Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez want $5 million for her release, authorities said Wednesday. General Fernando Murillo, the director of…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque confirmed on Tuesday that the five-year-old son of a mayor from the northeast of the country was returned to his family almost a week after his…
Locals in the northeast of Colombia prayed for the safe return of the five-year-old son of their mayor on Sunday, days after the child was kidnapped by armed men. According…
Colombia’s army on Tuesday rescued 17 people who allegedly had been kidnapped by the country’s largest paramilitary group, the AGC, three days before. The alleged victims were employees of EPM,…
The kidnapping of a 15-year-old girl because ELN guerrillas in western Colombia believed she was an army informant has dealt a blow to the prospects of peace in the country.…
Alleged members of Colombia’s last-standing guerrilla group ELN kidnapped three off-duty soldiers in the northeast of the country, the National Army said Wednesday. The three officials were kidnapped while traveling…