Twenty-seven alleged members of drug gang “Los Rastrojos” were arrested in ten simultaneous operations carried out across the country, a Popayan judge announced Wednesday, reports Radio Santa Fe. The suspects were…
Colombian authorities have recovered the bodies of the three Mexicans and one Colombian who died in a helicopter crash in the rural area of Trujillo in southern Colombia’s Valle del…
Twelve alleged FARC guerrillas accused of coordinating the the kidnapping of 12 Valle del Cauca state legislators in 2002 were captured this week, W Radio reports. On April 11, 2002, FARC…
Police on Tuesday seized over 2 tons of pressed marijuana and 44 kilos of cocaine in two separate operations in the western Colombia department of Valle del Cauca, El Tiempo…
FARC guerrillas allegedly ambushed and killed four policemen in the rural area of the southwestern Colombian town of Jamundi. The policemen arrived on motorcycles in the area of Rio Claro…
Armed forces on Monday found the crash site of a missing helicopter in the rural area of Trujilo in southern Colombia’s Valle del Cauca department. The helicopter, travelling between Panama and Peru…
Catalina Robayo, representative of the Valle del Cauca department, was crowned Miss Colombia 2010 on Monday. The 21-year-old law student from the city of Cali won the final, against runner-up…
Colombia’s national police on Tuesday seized over four tons of marijuana from a truck in the southern Valle del Cauca department, and arrested the driver. The operation was carried out…
Valle del Cauca has seen 20 kidnappings this year, 9 more than the same period last year. According to a report by the National Fund for the Defence of Individual…