Colombian police bust arms dealers supplying weapons to the FARC
In five raids across Medellin, police found arms and explosives that led to the arrest of eight...
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Colombia signs UN’s Arms Trade Treaty
On the same day the United Nations announced that Peru had surpassed Colombia as the world’s...
‘FARC war material’ seized by Colombian army
A large stack of war material allegedly belonging to the rebel group FARC was seized on Friday by the army in southern Colombia, newspaper El Espectador reported. The army said that 26 automatic rifles, 40 artisanal explosives,...
Colombian military finds FARC weapon stashes
Colombian soldiers seized arms and stolen military uniforms from five supposed FARC warehouses in the western part of the country, newspaper El Espectador reported Thursday. The joint operation between Colombian military and...
Heavy weapon discovered in Cali
Colombian authorities discovered a weapon capable of shooting down airplanes being sent through commercial mail in the southern part of the country, reported local media Thursday. Authorities said they found the 50 calibre rifle...
Colombia’s army discovers 3 ‘FARC’ weapons caches
Colombian security forces discovered three weapons caches believed to belong to Colombia’s largest guerrilla group the FARC, according to a military press release Sunday. The hidden stockpiles were found in the central...
Exports up 130% for Colombian weapons manufacturer (video)
Colombian weapons manufacturer Indumil reported a 130% increase in exports in 2011, in a press release Wednesday. The company reported $3.7 million in weapons sales to foreign clients in 2011, representing a 130.6% increase in...
Cali police arrest 154 in weekend operation
Cali Police arrested 154 people and seized 44 firearms, including three assault rifles, in a weekend operation, reported Colombian daily El Pais Monday. The action, which saw 31 minors detained, was carried out to combat...
Colombian Army discovers weapons cache
The Colombian Army discovered a weapons cache in northern Colombia, according to a press release Thursday. According to the report, Juan del Corral Mechanized Cavalry found 453 anti-personnel mines, one IM26 grenade, five...
Neo-paramilitary arsenal seized in central Colombia
Colombia’s Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DIJIN) have seized over 100 weapons from drug gang ERPAC, reported Spanish news agency EFE Friday. General Carlos Ramiro Mena of the DIJIN spoke with EFE by telephone from...
Army seizes ‘ELN’ weapons in west Colombia
The Colombian army has seized an arms stash allegedly belonging to guerrilla group ELN in the southwestern department of Nariño, El Pais reported on Tuesday. The army battalion, working with the Technical Investigation Team...
7 detained in ‘Los Rastrojos’ weapons cache connection
The Colombian army detained seven alleged members of the neo-paramilitary drug gang Los Rastrojos in the department of Choco on Thursday. Along with the seven detained, including one woman, troops seized four AK-47s, two M-16s,...
