At the COP16 biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia unveiled its new Water Police division, a specialized force tasked with safeguarding the country’s rivers, lakes, wetlands, and endangered watersheds.
The Colombian Army has regained control of El Plateado in the department of Cauca during a large-scale military operation. The offensive in the southwest of the country comes a week before the start of the COP16 biodiversity summit in Cali, Valle del Cauca.
The city of Cali in southwestern Colombia is strengthening security for the COP16 biodiversity summit with the arrival of “Gladiator” armored vehicles, over 4,000 police officers, 1,700 soldiers, and special forces to protect 13,000 attendees of the global event.
After President Petro and former AUC commander Salvatore Mancuso exchanged hats in a bizarre ceremony for the victims of forced displacement, Colombia witnessed a violent weekend, with over 14 people killed in four separate massacres.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has condemned the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla for a violent attack that killed two soldiers and injured 27 others in Arauca, signaling a potential end to ongoing peace talks.
Colombia’s National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group carried out an attack on a military base near Puerto Jordán in the department of Arauca early Tuesday, injuring at least 17 soldiers, the Army has confirmed. The attack involved the use of explosive devices launched from a dump truck.
Colombia was named the deadliest country for environmental defenders with 79 killed in 2023 according to a report by the UK conservation watchdog Global Witness.
In a dire announcement from Colombia’s High Peace Commissioner Otty Patiño, the Gulf Clan is ready to “take control” of the departmental capital of Chocó, Quibdó.
Bogotá Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán leads major crackdown on crime, targeting criminal gangs, Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua, and illegal activities as part of the city-wide operation Bogotá Camina Segura.
After a lengthy trial in Bogotá, American John Poulos has been sentenced to 42 years in a Colombian maximum security prison for the feminicide of his girlfriend DJ Valentina Trespalacios.
Colombia’s Armed Forces are engaged in combat with FARC dissidents of the EMC after Monday’s attack in Miranda, Cauca. Over 72 hours the southwest of Colombia has witnessed unprecedented violence.
During the five months of 2024, Colombia’s second-largest city, Medellín, has seen the deaths of 26 foreigners, with cases ranging from suicides, drug overdoses, medical complications, homicide, and natural causes. Two cases are being investigated, pending forensic analysis to determine the exact causes of death. On Sunday, May 19, the Metropolitan Police of the Aburrá […]
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has called on the indigenous Minga to mobilize for the May Day rally in Bogotá, aiming to counterbalance the huge anti-government protests on April 26.
After the murder of four persons on Saturday, Bogotá Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán approved the militarization of the southern locality of Usme near the Eastern foothills.
A five-star boutique hotel in Medellín has been closed for 10-days after a U.S citizen was spotted inside the establishment with two underage girls.
President Gustavo Petro’s endorsement of First Line vandals during a trip to Cali sparks widespread outrage and concerns over Colombia’s political stability