Combat kills 2 soldiers, 1 guerrilla
Heavy fighting in south-west Colombia on Saturday left two soldiers and one guerrilla dead, authorities say. According to the Colombian navy, the fighting took place in Tumaco, a town on…
Heavy fighting in south-west Colombia on Saturday left two soldiers and one guerrilla dead, authorities say. According to the Colombian navy, the fighting took place in Tumaco, a town on…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Friday announced a mission to rescue seven people kidnapped on Thursday by guerrillas in the country’s Nariño department, reports Colombian media. Uribe described the event…
The governor of Colombia’s Nariño department, Antonio Navarro, said he believes guerrilla group the ELN is responsible for the kidnapping of seven people traveling through the region on Thursday. Speaking…
A group of seven people were kidnapped by the FARC when the vehicle they were traveling in was stopped by guerrillas in the southwestern department of Nariño, reports Caracol. Nariño government…
A teacher from the western Colombian department of Nariño discovered rock carvings thought to be more than 400 years old, reported El Tiempo on Monday. Professor Luis Alberto Ortega came…
An suspected FARC attack on a electricity tower in the south-west Colombian Nariño department leaves 150,000 residents from the Pacific port town of Tumaco without electricity. Two taxis were attacked and…
At least eleven people were injured, including three policemen, after an explosive device was launched at the headquarters in Pasto, in the south-west Colombian Nariño department, of “Uribista” presidential candidate Juan…
An attack by the FARC guerrilla group on Sunday night left 30,000 residents without electricity in the south-western town of Barbacoas, in Colombia’s Pacific coast department of Nariño, El Espectador…
The drug-trafficking gang “Los Rastrojos” is working to infiltrate national politics, according to an article published Tuesday by Colombian electoral analysis website Votebien. According to Votebien, Los Rastrojos, who many…