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…
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…
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…
Honduras’ special investigation services (DNSEI) announced Friday that Colombian police are only in the country to train their Honduran counterparts, and are not participating in any operations, reports El Heraldo.…
The bodies of two miners trapped by a landside in a Boyaca coal mine have been located but may not be recovered for up to two weeks due to dangerous…
The fate of two miners trapped in La Esperanza coal mine in north-eastern Colombia remains uncertain, as rescuers are unable to locate the men. A group of 60 rescuers, divided into…
Spain and Colombia are making a film, “The 33 of San Jose,” based on the story of the miners who were trapped in Chile’s San Jose for 69 days. The…
The Colombian army evacuated 30 U.S., British, Polish and Mexican tourists trapped by a landslide in the northern part of the Sierra Nevada, near the Caribbean beach town Santa Marta, close…
Liberated hostage Ingrid Betancourt clarified that while she is seeking over $6 million in damages for her six years spent in FARC captivity, she does not intend to sue the…