Putumayo Archives - Page 3 of 19

Colombia’s peace talks in crisis after arrest of negotiator

Peace talk between Colombia’s government and multiple illegal armed groups entered a crisis...

Former mayor assassinated in southern Colombia

Armed men assassinated the former mayor of Mocoa, the capital of the Putumayo province in southern...

18 killed in southern Colombia turf war between guerrillas

An armed confrontation between illegal armed groups left 18 alleged guerrillas dead in the south...

UN and OAS urge Colombia to investigate military massacre

The human rights offices of the United Nations (UN) and the Organization of American States (OAS)...

The rise of the “Border Commandos” in southern Colombia

Locals living along Colombia’s southern border are terrorized by “Border...

Colombia claims alleged military massacre was ‘legitimate operation’

Colombia’s Defense Minister Diego Molano claims that victims of an alleged military massacre...

The struggle to combat COVID-19 in one of Colombia’s most remote regions

Combating the coronavirus in Colombia’s remote Putumayo province poses entirely different...

Southern Colombia living in terror as turf war over drug trade escalates

“The war has returned!” a journalist from southern Colombia decried after the 13th assassination this year in Puerto Guzman, a locality with less than 5,000 inhabitants. This war over Putumayo in southern Colombia was foretold and has intensified, particularly in Puerto Guzman where assassins are terrorizing the population. The security forces appear to have gone […]