North Colombia floods affect thousands
The north Colombian department of Cordoba is on high alert after the Sinu River burst its banks leaving much of the regional capital Monteria under water, while many parts of the…
The north Colombian department of Cordoba is on high alert after the Sinu River burst its banks leaving much of the regional capital Monteria under water, while many parts of the…
A report in Colombian tabloid El Espacio proved that not all the country’s contract killers are spotty teenagers, but that some are attractive women. According to the newspaper, a “beautiful…
Seventeen members of the “Los Paisas” drug trafficking gang were captured in two raids in Medellin and Cali, El Heraldo reported Friday. Among those arrested were six members of state…
A paramilitary known as “Visaje” escaped from custody in Monteria, northern Colombia, while being transferred to a hearing, reports El Tiempo. Carlos Andres Palencia Gonzalez was being moved from the…
Two members of Colombia’s armed forces were sentenced to 28 years in jail on Thursday for murdering innocent civilians and presenting the bodies as guerrillas killed in action, reports Colombian media.…
A party atmosphere is taking over the northern Colombian city of Monteria this week, with the opening of the 35th Reinado Popular y Cultural de la Ganaderia – a festival…
Despite hopes for peace, following the the mass-demobilization of Colombia’s most notorious paramilitary group the AUC, violence in Colombia’s northern department of Cordoba remains widespread, as neo paramilitary forces fill…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe announced on Thursday that his government will accept an annual human rights review in order to move forward with a free trade agreement with Canada. Speaking…
Colombian authorities Saturday arrested the suspected leader of Los Paisas, one of the country’s leading paramilitary drug gangs. Jairo Luiz Dias, also known as ‘Mincho’ or ‘El Profe’, was arrested…