The cities of Medellin and Villavicencio constitute 40% of Colombia’s forced disappearance cases currently being investigated, according to the U.N. Medellin, in the north-west department of Antioquia, and Villavicencio, in…
Police are investigating the deaths of four people whose decapitated bodies were found in abandoned cars near Villavicencio in the central Colombian Meta department, Caracol Radio reported Friday. Authorities do…
Colombian journalist Esperanza Serrano died of a heart attack in Miami, newspaper Noticiero el Llano reported Monday. Serrano, a native of Villavicencio, worked at several radio stations in Bogota, including…
Two people were killed and at least ten others were injured on Sunday when a grenade exploded at a police checkpoint in the central Colombian city of Villavicencio. According to…
Two people were killed and three injured when a small plane crashed in the central Colombian department of Meta, according to local officials. The single-engine plane took off from the…
Ex-paramilitary Urias Ariolfo Perez Cifuentes, alias “Celador,” has been condemned to 20 years in jail for participating in the murder of a civilian in Villavicencio, reports El Espectador. A Colombian…
The mother of deceased FARC hostage Julian Ernesto Guevara was reported to be in poor health and receiving medical attention, as the humanitarian mission charged with retrieving her son’s remains…
Senator Piedad Cordoba announced on Thursday via Twitter that aircrafts are set to pick up FARC hostages Josue Daniel Calvo on Saturday and Pablo Emilio Moncayo on Monday. According to…
Guerrilla group the FARC set fire to a helicopter belonging to the Argentine multinational oil company Pluspetrol in south-eastern Colombia on Monday, military sources reported. The Colombian air force said…