The Colombian government on Thursday said that 70% of the land earmarked for land restitution is affected by landmines. The revelation was made by the head of the land restitution unit, Ricado Sabogal, who explained that the...
A British NGO on Tuesday said that the Colombian government’s landmine statistics have been “over-inflated” and while the country still has a serious mine contamination problem, it is “not as bad as...
A British NGO has begun recruiting and training citizens on how to clear landmines across Colombia, one of the most mine-infested countries in the world. Colombia’s program director of HALO Trust, an international...
The Colombian Army discovered a weapons cache in northern Colombia, according to a press release Thursday. According to the report, Juan del Corral Mechanized Cavalry found 453 anti-personnel mines, one IM26 grenade, five...
Colombian Police are training rats to detect explosives and by 2013 the creatures are expected to be put into action helping the Colombian Armed Forces to find land mines, Colombian newspaper El Tiempo reported Monday. It took...
Police have said that the FARC are teaching criminal gang “Los Rastrojos” how to make handmade landmines, reported RCN Radio. The statement comes after police found 1,200 land mines in the Bolivar area of the west...
Military explosives experts have destroyed a minefield, allegedly laid by FARC guerrillas, in the central Colombian department Huila reported newspaper El Espectador Friday. The minefield was allegedly laid to protect FARC camps...
Colombia’s armed forces have seized 273 anti-personnel mines belonging to a FARC group operating in the southern department of Putumayo, RCN Radio reports. According to the army, the total number of explosive devices...
