Colombian soldier dies of poisoning, 6 hospitalized in suspected ELN attack
One soldier is dead and six others hospitalized after eating meat sold to them by an alleged ELN...
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Exodus of Colombian soldiers to UAE continues
Fifty-eight Colombian soldiers on Monday flew to Dubai to join the army of the Arab country,...
Colombia’s justice system fails military victims of conflict: NGO
Members of Colombia’s armed forces that are victims of war crimes are not given the same treatment as civilian victims, says a military defense NGO. According to Demil, the attention of both the domestic population and the...
Colombian soldiers arrested on suspicion of stabbing murder
Two Colombian soldiers have been arrested by police after they alleged stabbed a motorcycle taxi driver to death in Colombia’s southwest, according to a report by Caracol Radio. The motorcycle taxi driver was identified as...
Colombia soldiers convicted of murdering family
Five soldiers on trial for slaughtering the members of a household in central Colombia were found guilty and sentenced to 35-40 years in prison, reported Caracol Radio Tuesday. The Criminal Chamber of the Superior Tribunal of...
2 soldiers dead, 1 injured in Tolima mine field explosion
Two Colombian soldiers died and another was badly injured after stumbling across a mine field in the country’s central-western Tolima department early Monday morning, Caracol TV reported. The soldiers, belonging to...
Bogota crash caused by ‘drunk’ army sergeant
The Colombian army has opened preliminary investigations into an apparently drunk Colombian army sergeant and two soldiers who crashed an official vehicle into the base of a bridge in Bogota early Friday morning. According to...
Kidnapped soldiers in Antioquia found dead
Army officials have found the dead bodies of the two soldiers kidnapped Monday in the Antioquia department, Colombian media reported Wednesday morning. The troops came across the bodies of the two men, Jose Esteban Coba and...
Criminal bands responsible for soldier kidnapping: Army commander
Criminal drug trafficking bands are responsible for the Monday kidnapping of two soldiers in the Antioquia department, the commander of Colombia’s armed forces, Admiral Edgar Cely, told Caracol Radio Wednesday. The...
Colombian soldiers indicted for ‘false positives’
Six Colombian soldiers have been indicted on suspicion of the extrajudicial, “false positive”, killing of two civilians, El Espectador reported. The incident is alleged to have taken place during a recent military...
