FARC commander ‘Domingo Biojo’ killed in Sunday attack
The Colombian government on Monday announced that FARC commander “Domingo Biojo,” political leader of the FARC’s 48th front, was killed in Sunday’s attack on a rebel camp in the south…
The Colombian government on Monday announced that FARC commander “Domingo Biojo,” political leader of the FARC’s 48th front, was killed in Sunday’s attack on a rebel camp in the south…
Amnesty International urges Colombia to protect young people whose names appear on paramilitary death lists on the social media website Facebook. Three young men have been killed since the two…
Christian Salazar, the representative for the Colombian office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR), urged illegal armed groups to respect human rights and said that recent attacks…
Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño said Sunday that the latest FARC attack in Colombia’s Putumayo department was not launched from Ecuador. Patiño stressed that the attack, in which at least…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says the FARC attack which has killed at least six policemen in the Putumayo department will only strengthen his determination to beat the rebels. “If…
Fighting continues between the Colombian army and FARC guerrillas in Colombia’s southern Putumayo department. According to the latest police report, six policemen and two guerrillas have been killed in combat,…
Guerrillas have killed eight policemen and are occupying a police station in the southern Colombian department of Putumayo, close to the Ecuadorean border. Putumayo police commander General Orlando de Jesus…
Gran Tierra Energy Inc said on Thursday oil bearing zones at its Moqueta-2 well in Colombia are more productive than the first well, but said production from the Putumayo Basin…
Colombia’s vice-President and the U.N. human rights office in the country demand the investigation of recent paramilitary death threats in the south, center and west of the Andean nation. “The…