Ecopetrol launched on Monday the second phase of emergency works to cope with the aftermath of a burst oil pipe in northern Colombia, according to newspaper El Espectador. Ecopetrol, Colombia’s…
A burst pipe has spilled thousands of barrels of oil into a reservoir, contaminating the water supply of Cucuta, north Colombia, according to Radio Caracol. It is the second time…
The Colombian army and members of guerrilla group FARC have been fighting heavily in the northeast of Colombia where rebel leader “Timochenko” is thought to be located. According to radio…
The former commander of the Nariño Police Force, Colonel William Montezuma, was accused Wednesday by prosecutors in Bogota for his alleged involvement in the disappearance and subsequent murder of Lieutenant…
Colombian police seized 3.5 tons of marijuana on Tuesday in the northeast department of Norte de Santander. According to radio station Caracol Radio, the cannabis cache was seized from a…
Five Colombian departments have issued crisis alerts due to landslides and heavy rains brought on by the year’s second rainy season, Colombian media reported Monday. Relief agencies in the Santander,…
At least three soldiers were killed and one was injured Sunday when accidentally detonating a landmine in the north-Colombian Norte de Santander department. According to media reports, the soldiers were…
Authorities in the north-Colombian Cucuta arrested the city’s former mayor after being sentenced to 27 years in prison for ordering the murder of his political opponent in 2003. A Bogota…
A confrontation between guerrillas and local police in northern Colombia left one guerrilla dead and another gravely injured, Caracol Radio reported Monday. Guerrillas reportedly attacked a local police station in…