‘Caracho’ and the possible demobilization of ERPAC
In an exclusive interview with leading Colombian news magazine Semana, the current leader of neo-paramilitary group ERPAC, Jose Elberto Lopez, alias “Caracho,” stated that he was looking for a way…
In an exclusive interview with leading Colombian news magazine Semana, the current leader of neo-paramilitary group ERPAC, Jose Elberto Lopez, alias “Caracho,” stated that he was looking for a way…
The Colombian army said Saturday it had shut down the main radio station operated by the left-wing rebel group FARC. The army said troops captured transmitters and other broadcast equipment during…
The number of children estimated to be working in manual labor in the Meta department, central Colombia, is double that of the rest of the country, an investigation revealed on…
The Colombian government hit back at threats by oil company Pacific Rubiales to suspend production unless security improves at their site in Puerto Gaitan as worker protests continue. The company…
Seventeen alleged members of the leftist guerrilla organization FARC were arrested Monday in the central Colombian department of Meta. According to newspaper El Espectador, authorities believe the detainees belong to…
Colombia’s anti-narcotics police discovered and raided a cocaine mega-lab in the Eastern Plains belonging to neo-paramilitary gang ERPAC, Colombian media reported Friday. The laboratory, found in Puerto Gaitan, Meta, is…
The state will receive $10 million less in royalties as a result of the September labor strikes by Pacific Rubiales oil workers in the Meta department, Colombia’s Mining and Energy…
Ecopetrol hit oil in its fifth well in the Caño Sur contract, in the central Colombian department of Meta, the petroleum company announced Monday. The latest field discovery, the Trasgo-1…
A Colombian congresswoman has criticized the Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) following a report by La Semana into indigenous children dying of starvation in central Colombia. The La Semana report detailed…