Tag: Tumaco
11 killed in eruption of narco violence in southwest Colombia
At least 11 people were killed in Colombia’s most southwestern municipality over the weekend...
Coronavirus causing emergencies in all Colombia’s port cities
With skyrocketing coronavirus infections in Barranquilla, healthcare in all Colombia’s main...
Colombia and coronavirus: between disinformation, not knowing and denial
The mayor of Tumaco had to quell panic caused by fake Whatsapp messages claiming a coronavirus...
The end of Guacho, the terror of southwest Colombia
Colombia’s security forces killed a FARC dissident leader who became the most wanted man in...
Can ‘Guacho’ outrun 3,000 soldiers from both Colombia and Ecuador?
Colombia and Ecuador have deployed 3,000 soldiers in a joint attempt to find “Guacho,”...
Colombia’s most-feared FARC dissident seriously injured in military operation: Duque
“Guacho,” the leader of one of Colombia’s most violent FARC dissident group, has...
Top FARC dissident leader ‘killed in combat’ in southwest Colombia
President Ivan Duque announced on Saturday that security forces have killed “David,”...
Six dissident FARC killed in southwest Colombia
Colombia’s national army has killed six dissident FARC members in the southwest of the...
Human slaughter houses return to Colombia’s Pacific coast
Crime groups have created so-called chop houses in port city Tumaco where victims are dismembered...
Southwest Colombia marches against state neglect and drug violence
Locals in Colombia’s southwestern Tumaco massively took to the streets in a mass demonstration against ongoing violence and persistent state neglect in their city.
‘ELN attack’ in southwest Colombia leaves quarter million people without electricity
An alleged ELN attack in Colombia’s southwest left more than a quarter of a million people...
Colombia arrests dissident FARC narco
Colombia police on Wednesday arrested a dissident FARC guerrilla who allegedly controlled drug...
