Eight Colombian soldiers have been sentenced to 60 years each in prison after being found guilty of the murders of four farmers who they had claimed were "guerrillas…
After having announced, amid much fanfare, the record seizure of 12 tons of cocaine in May, Colombian authorities now admit that after careful analysis the real amount of cocaine found…
Colombia's armed forces say that the leader of the FARC rebel group, Guillermo Leon Saenz, alias 'Alfonso Cano,' is being pursued by some 1,000 troops, and is accompanied by only…
A Colombian indigenous leader was gunned down in her home, allegedly by a hitman belonging to the Urabeños drug trafficking group.
The Colombian Ministry of Defense released statistics that show kidnappings are again on the rise across the country, continuing a trend first observed last year. …
Colombian rebel group the ELN has denied that it is involved in drug trafficking, or that it takes refuge over the Venezuelan border.
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos has revealed that the leader of the FARC rebel group recently narrowly avoided capture by the security forces.
Colombian rebels are believed to be behind the massacre of seven people who pretended to be the FARC in order to extort money, as the guerrillas step up their extortion…
An ambush by alleged FARC guerrillas in northern Colombia killed a senior police officer and injured five people.
A documentary film claims the Colombian government faked its dramatic 2008 rescue of politician Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages, and in fact paid rogue FARC guerrillas millions of dollars…
An armed group killed eight villagers and wounded four others in a weekend raid on a bar in the southern department of Nariño, Colombian authorities announced.
Colombia's ELN rebel group, often forgotten and underestimated, is increasing its strength thanks to a belated involvement in the drug trade, and alliances with both its guerrilla cousins the FARC,…
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