Steep increase in massacres in Colombia
Colombia saw a dramatic increase in massacres in the first half of 2021 compared to the same period last year, according to a think tank. In the latest update on…
Colombia saw a dramatic increase in massacres in the first half of 2021 compared to the same period last year, according to a think tank. In the latest update on…
Medellin’s gangs may have more members than the country’s last-standing guerrilla group, the ELN, in all of Colombia, according to authorities. According to the city’s deputy Security Secretary, Leonardo Buitrago,…
Colombia’s police director said Sunday that more than 150 officials were investigating who opened fire on the helicopter transporting President Ivan Duque on Friday. The helicopter came under fire while…
Colombia’s second largest city Medellin was safer in the year that late drug lord Pablo Escobar was killed than it was in 2019, according to local crime statistics. In fact,…
Colombia’s Defense Minister Diego Molano said Tuesday that he believes he can finally “achieve victory against drug trafficking” after more than three decades. Molano, a business administrator, was appointed by…
Terrorist attacks in Colombia almost doubled in 2020 compared to the year before, according to the country’s defense ministry. In its monthly report, the defense ministry said it registered 403…
Two foreigners have been taken hostage by an unidentified illegal armed group in southwest Colombia, regional authorities said Tuesday. According to the Cauca province’s top security official, Luis Cornelio Angulo,…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque appointed his former chief of staff, Diego Molano, as defense minister on Tuesday. Molano, one of the far-right president’s closest allies, will replace Carlos Holmes Trujillo,…
The death of Colombia’s defense minister on Tuesday severely disjointed the government of President Ivan Duque, which was already struggling with public security and the coronavirus. Defense Minister Carlos Holmes…