Politicians exploited children to secure fraud in Colombia’s local elections
Candidates in northeast Colombia have gone to extreme levels to gain votes by exploiting impoverished children, local media reported Thursday.
Candidates in northeast Colombia have gone to extreme levels to gain votes by exploiting impoverished children, local media reported Thursday.
Airport police at an airport in the northwest of Colombia arrested a family of four, all found with cocaine and heroin in their stomachs.
A three-week-old border closure imposed by Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro has not abated smuggling into Colombia, according to business leaders and Colombian officials.
Colombia’s government announced on Thursday that it is going to combat drug traffickers and increase the eradication of coca cultivation in the northwestern border region of Catatumbo.
Tensions with Venezuela have profound implications on the trajectory of Colombia – a country with an unpopular president, a stalling economy, and a protracted armed conflict.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos visited the border with Venezuela Wednesday evening days after more than a 1,000 Colombians were expelled from the neighboring country.
The Colombian city of Cucuta, located on the border with Venezuela, is struggling to deal with its share of more than 1,000 Colombian nationals deported by Venezuelan authorities over the past…
Military operations against Colombia’s most wanted drug lords, “Otoniel” and “Megateo,” have displaced more than a 1,000 people this week.