A Colombian ex-deputy appealed the ruling that found former congresswoman Yidis Medina guilty on charges of kidnapping. According to local media, ex-deputy Sigifredo Lopez admitted that Medina was guilty of…
Drug wars and alliances between left-wing rebels and armed, criminal groups threaten stability along Colombia’s Pacific coast, says the commander of Colombia’s Navy in the Pacific. “In the Pacific operate…
New waves of violence have emerged from the fragmentation of Colombia’s neo-paramilitary groups and drug cartels, concentrated in Colombia’s central region and Caribbean and Pacific coasts but is present in…
Colombia police seized two tons of marijuana Tuesday allegedly being smuggled out of the country by the FARC. The haul was found in a truck at a police checkpoint on…
Two soldiers were seriously injured in one of two reported FARC attacks in the west of Colombia Sunday. Local media reported that guerrillas in Condoto, a municipality in the Choco…
The stunning Miss Valle del Cauca Carmen Lucia Aldana, was crowned the new Miss Colombia at a ceremony in the northern port town of Cartagena on Monday. Aldana was elected…
Colombia’s Ombudsman has warned of a serious humanitarian crisis in the southwest corner of the country, local media reported Wednesday. According to newspaper El Espectador, Ombudsman Jorge Armando Otalora complained…
A “criminal marriage” between guerrilla group FARC and drug gangs is creating tension in the southwestern Cauca and Valle del Cauca departments, warned Colombia’s armed forces Friday. Armed forces commander, General…
A suspected attack by Colombia’s largest insurgency group FARC has killed two people and injured at least 17 more, local media reported Wednesday. A grenade blast in the town of…