Army tries to prevent kidnapped oil workers being sold to FARC
Colombian Armed Forces have increased operations in the north of the country to prevent three recently kidnapped oil workers from being sold to the FARC, said the commander of the…
Colombian Armed Forces have increased operations in the north of the country to prevent three recently kidnapped oil workers from being sold to the FARC, said the commander of the…
Two men have died after consuming the drug ayahuasca in a massive “purification” ceremony in the north of Colombia, local authorities said Monday.
Three Colombian soldiers were killed and one injured near the Venezuelan border on Saturday after entering a minefield allegedly laid by the FARC, the military reported. The soldiers had been…
Colombia’s armed forces said Thursday they have arrested the financial manager of the Eastern Bloc of guerrilla group the FARC. Hugo Moreno, alias “Diomedes” is suspected of managing the finances…
Colombia’s government will renovate and modernize six airports near the Caribbean Coast and the Santander departments, newspaper El Espectador reported Tuesday. More than $100 million is being invested in the…
The former governor of the north-Colombian Santander department was arrested Saturday over allegations he made pacts with paramilitary organization AUC. Hugo Aguilar Naranjo was arrested in a hotel in the…
Bucaramanga, the capital of the north-central Colombian department of Santander, was hit by two earthquakes Tuesday. Colombia’s Institute of Mines and Minerology (Ingeominas) reported the first earthquake at 12:55PM. The…
Seven people were assassinated in three seperate shootings in the northern department of Santander Tuesday afternoon. Five men riding in a car through a rural area of the department were…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos visited the scene of a fatal landslide in the Santander department and promised 486 new houses for those left homeless. During a visit to the…