Violence escalates in Colombia oil worker protests
Escalating violence in central Colombia has left several police and workers injured as protests against oil company Pacific Rubiales spiral out of control. The president of the oil workers union…
Escalating violence in central Colombia has left several police and workers injured as protests against oil company Pacific Rubiales spiral out of control. The president of the oil workers union…
Police in central Colombia have arrested a woman who allegedly kept FARC kidnap victims imprisoned in her house. Colombian media reported that Margarita Cortez Calderon, alias “La Mona,” was arrested…
Nearly 3,000 residents of Puerto Gaitan in the central Colombian Meta department marched through the town to demand a solution to the area’s social problems, Caracol Radio reported on Thursday.…
At least 12 soldiers from an elite counter insurgent force were left injured in the fighting in a rural area of the department of Meta in central Colombia, news agency…
Colombia’s finance minister announced Thursday that seven public power companies will be sold in the departments of Boyaca, Meta, Huila, and Nariño. Finance Minister Juan Carlos Echeverry said that the…
Colombia’s armed forces have killed three members of the FARC in combat in the central Meta department, defense sources told local media Sunday. The combat took place Saturday in the…
President Juan Manuel Santos called on the Colombia’s army general and national police director to help with petroleum company labor riots in the central department of Meta. Protests began last…
FARC leader alias “Romaña” has been sentenced to 22 years, nine months in prison in absentia for orchestrating numerous attacks and kidnappings in the Meta department, Colombian media reported Tuesday.…
Police have arrested a mother in the central department of Meta for prositituting her two children, Caracol Radio reported Monday. Police began the investigation after the father of the children,…