Lots of promises and no action for Colombia’s disaster-struck Mocoa
Sunday marked 100 days since a landslide destroyed the southern Colombian city of Mocoa and the...
Tag: Putamayo
Mocoa begins its procession of funerals as Colombia mourns
Following Colombia’s worst natural disaster in recent memory that has left at least 264...
Colombia’s plans to rebuild disaster-struck Mocoa
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday announced plans on Sunday to rebuild the town of...
Army destroys minefield in southwest Colombia
The Colombian army has destructed a minefield and deactivated two gas bombs in the southwestern part of the country, reported local media Thursday. Army forces found and deactivated the explosive devices while carrying out an...
11 dead, 15 injured in southern Colombia bus crash
At least 11 people were killed and 15 injured in a bus crash in Colombia’s southern Putamayo Department, reported local media Monday. According to Highway Patrol Director Francisco Patiño, the bus had been traveling...
Colombian Army destroys 4 cocaine labs
Colombian troops destroyed four cocaine labs and an explosive device in the southwest of the country Friday. The Colombian military reports that over 325kg of coca leaf, along with an improvised explosive device (IED), were...
4 Colombian soldiers die in ‘FARC’ attack
Four Colombian soldiers have died in an alleged FARC attack in the southern department of Putamayo early Monday morning, reported Colombian daily El Tiempo. The confrontation with the FARC’s 32nd Front began at...
