Hoteliers worried that power outages are affecting business
Hotel owners on Colombia’s Caribbean town of Capurgana are worried that the lights might go out on business if the town’s power outages continue. The small town of Capurgana, located…
Hotel owners on Colombia’s Caribbean town of Capurgana are worried that the lights might go out on business if the town’s power outages continue. The small town of Capurgana, located…
Former paramilitary commander Hazbun Raul “Pedro Ponte” Mendoza was sentenced to 20 years prison for his involvement in the killing of two Union Patriotica members, reports the Prosecutor General’s office. On…
A mud volcano erupted in the town of San Jose de las Platas, in the municipio of Arboletes, in the north-western Colombian region of Uraba on Monday. “Just after 8:30…
Carlos Roberto Hoyos Puerta, acting mayor of the town of Chigorodo in the Antioquia department, north-west Colombia, was assassinated by unknown persons in the rural area of Uraba. The attack was…
A member of the FARC, convicted for a 2002 massacre that killed 119 civilians, was arrested on Friday, authorities say. According to the national government, the guerrilla, Harbey Torres Ayala,…
Police in the central Colombian department of Antioquia announced Sunday the arrest of three FARC guerrillas and sixteen members of armed criminal groups over the weekend. In simultaneous raids which took place…
Graphic new evidence of alleged “false positive” murders of civilians by the Colombian army, much of it collected by the former military Judge Alexander Corte, is published by the magazine Semana…
Members of paramilitary group “Los Urabeños” arrested last week admit to murdering at least a dozen people, including witnesses in Colombia’s Justice and Peace process, reports El Tiempo. Police said that…
Catholic priest and human rights activist Javier Giraldo claims that threats made against him come from state agencies working with paramilitaries, reports Terra. Giraldo, who works on behalf of Afro-Colombian communities in…