Red Cross commission prepares release of ELN hostages
The Red Cross is preparing the possible liberation of two German nationals kidnapped in northern Colombia in November of last year. The International Commission of the Red Cross (ICRC) said…
The Red Cross is preparing the possible liberation of two German nationals kidnapped in northern Colombia in November of last year. The International Commission of the Red Cross (ICRC) said…
A telecommunications tower in a rural area in northern Colombia near the Venezuelan border was blown up on Sunday night by suspected leftist insurgents. A cell phone tower in rural…
Seven policemen were wounded Sunday as their helicopter crashed in the war-torn Catatumbo region in northern Colombia. According to the first versions, the policemen were on a mission to eradicate…
Rebels from Colombia’s largest guerrilla group, the FARC, on Sunday launched an attack on an oil site in northern Colombia. According to reports, a group of FARC insurgents approached a…
Colombia’s national anti-kidnapping police (Gaula) on Thursday said that the two German tourists currently held by the country’s second largest rebel group have been in captivity since November of 2012.…
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, said Monday it has kidnapped two Germans in northern Colombia. In a message posted on the rebels’ website, the ELN leadership said the…
A traffic accident has killed six people in the north of Colombia, local media reported Monday. A bus was traveling from the capital of the Norte de Santander department, Cucuta,…
An attack attributed to Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, on Monday left the first army soldier dead since the end of a two-month unilateral truce. The assault took place…
The governor of Norte de Santander, one of the most war-torn departments in Colombia, on Monday said parts of his department have been “forgotten by the government.” “The government has…