FARC ‘kidnaps’ 2 civilians in southern Colombia
Colombia’s largest guerrilla group, the FARC, on Monday kidnapped two oil engineers in the southern Putumayo department. According to Caracol Radio, the FARC’s 48th Front, which is active in large…
Colombia’s largest guerrilla group, the FARC, on Monday kidnapped two oil engineers in the southern Putumayo department. According to Caracol Radio, the FARC’s 48th Front, which is active in large…
Social and farmers’ organizations from the war-torn southwest of Colombia on Saturday demanded more input in peace talks with rebel group FARC in the first of several regional peace meetings…
Five soldiers have been killed by FARC rebels in the south of Colombia, a regional army commander said Saturday. According to the commander of the 27th Jungle Brigade, the five…
The horrific experiences of women during the paramilitary occupation of a little town called El Placer in southwestern Colombia have been collected and published in a report in honor of…
Colombia’s Supreme Court asked authorities on Wednesday to gain control of the southern Putumayo department, an area that is run by the narco-trafficking criminal group “Los Rastrojos.” The country’s High Court allegedly called…
Colombia’s state-run oil company Ecopetrol said Tuesday it will not cease its activities in the south of the country, despite ongoing attacks by guerrilla group FARC. According to the oil…
Cultivation of coca crops in indigenous reserves in southwest Colombia is increasing, said head of anti-narcotics police department, general Luis Alberto Pérez Alvarán on Monday. According to Perez, drug-traffickers are…
Alleged FARC guerrillas have attacked an oil installation in southwestern Colombia Friday morning, local media reported. According to local authorities, the FARC guerrillas bombed an oil pipeline in the Orito…
5,000 peasants marched in protest of the FARC’s use of landmines and government abuses in Colombia’s southern Putumayo department. reported local media Friday. Organizers said the general goal of the march…