Paramilitaries confess to cremating 150 victims
Former paramilitaries admit to cremating the bodies of some 150 of their victims in northern Colombia between 2000 and 2004, prosecutors told news agency AP. According to Leonardo Cabana of…
Former paramilitaries admit to cremating the bodies of some 150 of their victims in northern Colombia between 2000 and 2004, prosecutors told news agency AP. According to Leonardo Cabana of…
Colombian police on Thursday captured a Venezuelan businessman accused by U.S. officials of being a major global drug trafficker, just as the two Andean countries were mending broken diplomatic and…
The Colombian army’s alleged killing of a 16-year-old sparked violence in the eastern department of Norte de Santander. Local authorities say the situation is now under control. Authorities in the municipality…
A public prosecutor in Cucuta, in Colombia’s Norte de Santander department, asked paramilitaries to disguise young people as AUC members in order to improve the prosecution’s arrest statistics, according to…
Colombian guerrilla organization the ELN released four female hostages in the north east border department of Norte de Santander Colombia, after 14 days in captivity, according to official sources cited…
Farmers from a rural area in Colombia’s Norte de Santander department allege that on Tuesday Venezuelan soldiers crossed the border into Colombia and fired shots into the air. “They entered…
Colombian civil aviation authorities report the disappearance of light aircraft flying between Bogota’s El Dorado airport and the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo. Semana reports that the aircraft’s pilot last made…
Colombian intelligence claim to have uncovered an document written by FARC commander in chief “Alfonso Cano” containing plans to “infiltrate” the Andean country’s national bicentenary celebrations on July 20. The…
Guerrillas kidnapped four women working with displaced people in the north-east Colombian Norte de Santander department on Tuesday, the governor told press. Two of the victims work for human rights…