The Colombian Army has discovered a cache of 78 landmines belonging to FARC’s Southern Bloc packed into cans of tuna and sardines, Colombian newspaper El Espectador reported on Friday. According…
Colombia has the second highest casualty rate of landmine victims in the world, according to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). Colombia had 512 victims either maimed or killed…
At least three soldiers were killed and one was injured Sunday when accidentally detonating a landmine in the north-Colombian Norte de Santander department. According to media reports, the soldiers were…
Five soldiers died Wednesday when stepping on landmines in the north west of Colombia. Both attacks took place in the Antioquia department. Three soldiers died in a minefield in the…
A significant number of landmine victims in Colombia are civilians employed by the government for manual coca eradication work. This scheme is a direct violation of the commitment made by…
Colombian police found 122 anti-personnel landmines in an alleged FARC cache in San Luis, a municipality in eastern Antioquia, newspaper El Colombiano reported Thursday. Authorities suspected the stash of explosives…
Two Colombian students have been getting valuable training in the design and fitting of artificial limbs in the U.S., with the ultimate goal of transporting their skills back to Colombia…
Two children and two soldiers are killed by landmines in separate incidents at alleged FARC minefields within the central and northeastern departments of Antioquia and Arauca respectively, various media sources…