Clashes between armed groups in northern Colombia displace 200
More than 200 people have fled their homes in the northwest of Colombia amid clashes between guerrilla group FARC and neo-paramilitary group Urabeños, said a local NGO on Wednesday.
More than 200 people have fled their homes in the northwest of Colombia amid clashes between guerrilla group FARC and neo-paramilitary group Urabeños, said a local NGO on Wednesday.
Police said Monday that they have arrested 33 members of local and national crime organizations in an offensive to curb an ongoing turf war in Buenaventura, Colombia’s largest port city…
A presumed truce between the two most powerful criminal organizations in Medellin is resulting in a drop in homicides, but is fueling extortion and protection racketeering schemes, said a local…
Colombia Defense Minister Juan Pinzon called for “special emphasis” Tuesday in investigating the apparent robbery of 100 pistols from the police Rotary Fund.
A former mid-level commander of neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños” was convicted on Wednesday of charges relating to his attempt to fake his own death.
Colombia’s chief ombudsman has condemned the violent situation on the Caribbean island of San Andres after seven people were murdered in August and others were forcibly displaced.
Colombia’s police have captured two Colombian nationals on the Caribbean coast wanted in the United States for drug trafficking, according to authorities.
Colombian authorities on Wednesday announced the capture of the second-in-command for neo-paramilitary group Urabeños in the northeastern region of Colombia.
The National Ombudsmen Office of Colombia has expressed frustration at the government’s slow progress in terms of recognizing legitimate threats to public officials, as well as the delay in protection…