Controlled explosion damages 20 houses in southern Colombia
Colombian police on Wednesday detonated an explosive devise allegedly planted by FARC guerrillas...
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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...
Colombian health officials warn of possible skin disease outbreak
Colombian authorities warned of a potential skin disease outbreak Thursday after seven cases of Leishmaniasis were reported in the southcentral city of Neiva. The Colombian Secretary of Health, Mauricio Santa Maria said that...
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...
TV presenter sentenced to 14 years in prison for FARC links
A judge has condemned television presenter Angelica Ramirez to 14 years, five months in prison for terrorism and extortion after a trial which lasted over a year, Colombian media reported. According to the sentence, the...
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...
