Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday declared that Colombia’s armed forces are stronger than they have ever been. Speaking to Colombia’s Third Battalion at a ceremony on Wednesday, Santos…
Indigenous people in Colombia’s southwestern Cauca region Monday released three army members held captive since the death of one of their people amid clashes between the military and the FARC…
The Ecuadorian military on Tuesday repelled an incursion into Ecuadorian territory by one of Colombia’s illegal armed groups. The alleged incident occurred in the Amazon region of the Ecuadorian…
The Colombian army is forcibly recruiting young men during raids in Medellin, ignoring the country’s Constitutional Court which has deemed the controversial practice illegal. The forced drafting of Colombians who…
A Colombian military tribunal has sent 147 soldiers to jail for embezzling $22 million in cash they had found in 2003, local media reported Saturday. The tribunal ordered the immediate…
For 15 years a “peace community” in northwest Colombia has maintained neutrality in the country’s armed conflict, defiantly staying on their land despite ongoing battles between security forces, guerrillas, and…
Seven policemen were wounded Sunday as their helicopter crashed in the war-torn Catatumbo region in northern Colombia. According to the first versions, the policemen were on a mission to eradicate…
Rebels from Colombia’s largest rebel group, FARC, killed two soldiers Thursday in the northwestern Antioquia department. According to reports, the two soldiers were killed in combat with rebels in the…
Colombia rebel group FARC on Saturday announced to release two policemen and one soldier who were captured by guerrillas over the past week. In a press statement on the FARC…