Northeast Colombia state deputy released hours after kidnapping
A northeast Colombia state deputy has been released by alleged ELN guerrillas, hours after the local politician had been kidnapped, local police reported on Tuesday.
A northeast Colombia state deputy has been released by alleged ELN guerrillas, hours after the local politician had been kidnapped, local police reported on Tuesday.
The Colombian Police have announced a drop in kidnappings of 92% between 2000 and 2013.
The United Nations condemned Colombia’s FARC rebel group Sunday for the deaths of two policemen, urging the country’s largest rebel group to hand over the individuals responsible for kidnapping, torturing…
Two police officers were kidnapped Saturday in southwestern Colombia, allegedly by the FARC rebel group, the country’s largest, according to national media.
Colombia is the sixth most dangerous country in Latin America, according to a regional crime index, dropping below Venezuela and Mexico, both of which have seen drug-related crime surges in…
The family of a former city council member, kidnapped in 2001, has called upon Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC to release information revealing his location.
Three pipeline workers were kidnapped in Colombia’s eastern department Arauca, which borders Venezuela, local media reported Tuesday.
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, could be close to joining the ongoing peace process between the larger rebel group FARC and the Colombian government, newspaper El Espectador reported…
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, will on Thursday afternoon release the two German tourists captured by the rebels in November last year, Red Cross representatives said. According to…