Colombia’s armed forces sent reinforcements to the south-west of the country to counter a recent increase in FARC attacks in the Cauca department. According to local police commander Carlos Rodriguez,…
A FARC ambush on a police vehicle in eastern Cauca on Thursday killed two policemen and injured five others. According to RCN radio, the police unit was responding to reports…
Two civilians were killed and three injured after an armed attack in Cauca on Wednesday that is believed to have been launched by the FARC. Details still remain unclear, but…
The Colombian government on Monday announced a plan to increase security in the western department of Cauca, due to a current period of increased violence and instability caused by FARC…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe condemned the three FACR attacks in the Cauca department over the weekend, saying that the guerrilla organization is seeking to influence May’s national election. Twelve people…
Indigenous authorities Friday denounced the attempted assassination of an indigenous leader from the Yanacona community in the southern Colombian department of Cauca. Former Yanacona governor and current advisor to the…
Some 5,000 indigenous people from the southern Colombian Cauca department started a protest march on Tuesday to demand autonomous education programs. Cali newspaper El Pais reported that members of the…
Thirty people, including children, were rescued from Pacific waters near Cauca on Monday after being forced to jump overboard by pirates who hijacked their boat, Caracol Radio reports. The boat,…
Two Afro-Colombian community leaders in Cauca were killed by unknown assassins on January 21 and 22, human rights group CODHES announced on Friday. Jose Felix Orejuela, a teacher, and Milton…