Guerrillas embarrass president in northeast Colombia
ELN guerrillas took advantage of a visit of President Ivan Duque to northeast Colombia on Sunday to show that they control the region. The president was embarrassed by images of…
ELN guerrillas took advantage of a visit of President Ivan Duque to northeast Colombia on Sunday to show that they control the region. The president was embarrassed by images of…
Colombia’s defense minister will have to explain Congress why four minors and no ELN commander died in a bombardment on a guerrilla camp in September. Opposition Senator Ivan Cepeda on…
Army commanders appointed by Colombia’s President Ivan Duque are dragging the military through an almost endless slew of corruption scandals. The latest scandal involves General Jorge Eduardo Mora, the commander…
Colombia’s defense ministry wants to militarize at least four more cities after sending members of the Military Police to the capital Bogota to help local police maintain order. General Leonardo…
The mayor of Colombia’s capital Bogota wants to deploy some 2,000 Military Police officers to help curb a surge in violent crime. Bogota Mayor Claudia Lopez announced she would seek…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque said Saturday that five soldiers were killed and six were injured in a guerrilla attack in a rural region controlled by the ELN. The attack allegedly…
Corrupt elements within Colombia’s security forces sold arms and explosives to multiple illegal armed groups, including guerrilla group ELN, according to the prosecution. The prosecution has discovered at least two…
Homicides in Colombia went up between 24% and 29% in the first half of 2021, undoing the security gains achieved by a 2016 peace deal with demobilized FARC guerrillas. According…
Colombia’s chief prosecutor said Thursday that a retired army captain was behind an alleged car bomb attack on a military base in the northeast of the country in June. In…