Military operations in central and south Colombia have managed to neutralize several landmines and other explosive materials allegedly belonging to the FARC rebel group, the army reported Tuesday. In the first…
Nine military officers on Thursday were sentenced to 46 years and six months in prison for the “false positive” killing of three peasants in a rural area near Cali, southwest Colombia, in…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced Tuesday that the country’s entire military command has been replaced amid growing concerns about increased violence by illegal armed groups. Earlier in the day,…
Medellin’s Superior Court reverses guilty sentences for 10 soldiers convicted of murdering civilians and disguising the bodies as combatants, in the first such reversal Thursday, reported Colombian media. Ten officials from…
Colombian military officials captured an alleged member of the ELN guerrilla group Wednesday in the northeast of Colombia, reported a military news release. Ruben Camacho Rojas, alias “Concha”, was captured…
Colombia’s armed forces confirmed Friday the rise in murders throughout the department in Cordoba and announced an increase in forces in the area to counter guerrilla violence, RCN Radio reported…
Nearly 200 farmers and their family members are forced from their land due to violence between guerrillas and military in southwest Colombia, local media reported Monday. The mayor of the…
Four soldiers were killed and nine injured in a lightning storm in the northeast department of Norte de Santander, various media reported. One sergeant and three regular soldiers, members of…
Anti-narcotics agents arrested 20 members of the criminal gang “Los Rastrojos,” among which are three soldiers and seven policemen. The arrest occurred in the northern region of the Antioquia department,…