Former mayor assassinated in southern Colombia
Armed men assassinated the former mayor of Mocoa, the capital of the Putumayo province in southern Colombia. According to the National Police, two armed men arrived at the home of…
Armed men assassinated the former mayor of Mocoa, the capital of the Putumayo province in southern Colombia. According to the National Police, two armed men arrived at the home of…
A Bogota judge jailed the former councillor on regional issues of Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro over her alleged involvement in a corruption scandal at the disaster management unit UNGRD. The…
United States authorities will repatriate former Medellin Cartel boss Fabio Ochoa on December 12, according to Colombia’s police chief. In a press statement, General William Salamanca confirmed that the 67-year-old…
Colombia’s police raided 11 prisons in eight cities in an attempt to shut down inmates’ involvement in extortion. The commander of the National Police, General William Salamanca, led the operation…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Tuesday that his government will impose visa requirements on British citizens in response to tightened visa requirements imposed by the United Kingdom. In a message…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said his government seeks to ban the recruitment of mercenaries. Petro said so in response to a report of news website La Silla Vacia on the…
The prosecution said Monday that it had reached a plea agreement with several corrupt former executives of Colombia’s disaster management agency UNGRD. In the deal, the former UNGRD executives and…
Unknown arsonists destroyed the home of the director of the agency that coordinates the return of stolen land to Colombia’s armed conflict victims. Land Restitution Unit (URT) director Giovani Yule…
Colombia’s Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo paid a visit to Moscow that sought to “reactivate” ties with Russia and promote peace in Ukraine. The visit came a year before the…