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‘Terrorist attack’ in central Colombia city

A motorcycle bomb exploded on Thursday night in the central Colombia city of Neiva, leaving a child and an adult wounded. According to police, two men arrived on motorcycle and left an explosive package close to a military...

Colombia to introduce motor caps to prevent diseases

Plastic caps will be distributed throughout Colombia to prevent the spread of diseases that grow inside motor helmets, local media reported Tuesday. The program will begin in Neiva, a city in the southwestern Huila department,...

Colombians seek to break world dance record

Colombians will seek to break the Guinness World Record next year with their traditional Sanjuanero Huilense dance. On June 30, 2013 the country club of the capital Neiva in the southwest Huila department will host an event with...

From Colombian prison guard to beauty queen

At 21 years old, Yecica Lorena Castillo Guaraca decided to ditch her camouflage in hopes of a beauty crown, reported local media Monday. The south Colombian beauty decided to leave her post as an official with the country’s...

10 injured in central Colombia bomb attack

Six policemen and four civilians were injured in an explosives attack on a police patrol in the central Colombian city of Neiva Saturday. According to media reports, the explosives were detonated at the moment a police patrol...

‘FARC’ guerrilla arrested trying to enter prison

Colombian police captured an alleged FARC hostage caregiver, alias “La Mona,” outside a Neiva prison on Sunday while she was trying to visit an inmate in the southwestern department of Huila. La Mona was arrested...

3 soldiers killed, 4 injured in FARC attacks

Three Colombian soldiers were killed and at least another four wounded in southwest Colombia Wednesday during two separate confrontations with the leftist guerrilla group FARC. The first attack occurred in the rural area of...

Central Colombia on high alert after bomb attack

Authorities in the central Colombian city of Neiva are on high alert after a grenade injured at least two and a bomb squad was forced to deactivate a second explosive device. According to several media reports, at least two...

‘FARC’ grenade explodes in mall in central Colombia

A grenade allegedly belonging to the leftist guerrilla group FARC exploded Wednesday in a mall in Neiva, the capital city of the central Huila department. According to authorities, the grenade damaged a clothing store in the...

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