Priest to serve 7 years for sexual abuse of child
A Colombian court sentenced a priest and former teacher to over seven years in prison for sexually abusing his 10-year-old student, reported the news site Terra Friday. An attorney at…
A Colombian court sentenced a priest and former teacher to over seven years in prison for sexually abusing his 10-year-old student, reported the news site Terra Friday. An attorney at…
Two suspected criminals were detained by indigenous community members in west Colombia’s coffee growing region. Members of the Suratena indigenous community, located near the municipality of Marsella in the Risaralda…
Members of an indigenous community have blocked a major interdepartmental road linking Antioquia and Choco for two days, protesting a lack of health care. The road between the departmental capital…
A southern coffee zone is emerging in the departments of Huila, Nariño, and Cauca to rival the traditional coffee growing departments of Risaralda, Quindio and Caldas, El Espectador reported Tuesday.…
At least five people died and four were injured Thursday when a truck crashed into a number of houses and shops in the central Colombian city of Pereira. According to…
Six people have been murdered over two days in a rural area of the Pueblo Rico municipality in the central Colombian department of Risaralda. The victims were four members of…
Police catch “Niño Fabian,” thought to be the head of criminal band “La Cordillera” (The Mountain Range) in the city of Pereira, central-west Colombia, Colombian media reported Monday. Jose Fabian Guzman…
One miner dies from inhaling gas and another is missing after an accident in a gold mine on the boundary of the Caldas and Risaralda departments, central Colombia, El Espectador reports. Intense…
A demobilized FARC poster girl is arrested in west-central Colombia after it was revealed that she failed to confess to all her crimes when she disarmed, Ultimas Noticias reported Monday.…