9 lions rescued from clandestine Colombian circus to be relocated in the US
Nine malnourished lions that were rescued from a clandestine circus in northeast Colombia will be...
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Rescuers discover missing body in central Colombia
Relief workers discovered the body of a 24-year-old man Monday, who went missing with three others in central Colombia over the weekend, reported local media. Germain Higuera went missing while sailing on the Saldaña river, in...
French climber rescued in central Colombia
The Red Cross rescued a French climber in the central Colombian department of Tolima Friday, reported Colombian daily El Tiempo. Tabernier Mattheus was found in a waterfall in Los Nevados National Park and escaped largely...
1 dead, 3 missing in Caribbean boat accident
One person has died and three remain missing after a boat accident between islands in Colombia’s Caribbean sea on Thursday, Colombian media reported. The boat, containing three crew and three passengers whose nationalities...
Colombia rescues Polish tourists lost in jungle
Colombian security forces rescued two Polish tourists who had been lost for nine days in the jungle in the southern Colombian department of Caqueta. The Colombian Air Force was able to evacuate the two Polish men by helicopter...
Colombian Navy rescues 43 from capsized boat in Pacific
The Colombian Navy rescued 43 passengers, including five children and seven women, from a boat that capsized off the Pacific coast. The ship was adrift in an area known as Punta Coco after suffering mechanical failures while...
Kidnapped foreigner rescued in Santa Marta
A kidnapped foreigner has been rescued by the Colombian intelligence agency DAS and the military near the northern Colombian city of Santa Marta, newspaper El Tiempo reported Wednesday. Richard Anthony Mambre, 68, was rescued...
13-year-old Colombian girl rescued from kidnappers after 5 days
Colombian police have rescued a 13-year-old girl from kidnappers in Itagui, in the department of Antioquia, on Friday, Caracol Radio reported Friday. The girl was kidnapped Sunday June 5, when her family was leaving a family...
Kidnapped farmer rescued by army in southcentral Colombia
A farmer who had been kidnapped and held to ransom by common criminals is rescued by the army on Sunday. Jose Ramon Cifuentes Ramirez was kidnapped in the early hours of Sunday morning in the municipality of Calamar, in the...
‘Rambo’ Colombian professor went 4 days in swamp without food, water
Colombian university director Francisco Piedrahita is recovering in hospital after surviving for four days in a Louisiana swamp without eating or drinking anything, local newspaper The Times-Picayune reported Thursday. Contrary...
Rescue underway to free 8 trapped Cali miners
The rescue is underway to free eight miners trapped since Tuesday morning after a shaft collapsed inside a Cali coal mine. The Red Cross, the Civil Defense, police and firefighters are taking part in the rescue to free the...
21 kidnapped oil workers rescued
Twenty-one of the 23 oil workers kidnapped on Monday in the eastern department of Vichada have been rescued by Colombia’s armed forces, W Radio reports. According to the army, one of the men managed to escape on Monday and...
