Colombia protest death toll at 8 people, with nearly all the victims between 17 and 27. Nearly 400 people were injured, according to the police. At least 66 people had bullet injuries. Dozens of police stations burned or otherwise vandalized
1 year agoProtests in Bogotá: President @IvanDuque: We recognize the work of our Public Force and when these events are presented they must be individualized, and not voices that stigmatize them arise
1 year agoThe @mindefensa, @CarlosHolmesTru, confirms the death of five people in the night of protests in Bogotá
The authorities announced measures for the capital, after riots and violent episodes that left five dead
The CAI of La Gaitana and Ciudad Berna were set on fire tonight in the protests for the death of Javier Ordóñez
1 year agoThe police tased and beat Javier Ordóñez to death in Bogotá last night. Colombia has become a war zone as it protests against police brutality. Police have shot dead a couple protestors and some injured.
1 year agoIván Duque presides over PMU for excesses. It is defining what measures to take to contain the acts of violence in the city
1 year agoColonel Álvaro Borja, commander in charge of the Bogotá Police, announced that the four policemen involved in an operation that leaves a man dead are suspended from operational service
Nicolas Maduro assured that "two intense weeks are coming. In Venezuela the people decide, Donald Trump, Bolsonaro, Ivan Duque, or Guaidó do not decide."
1 year agoIn Bucaramabga, on Carrera 27 with Puerta del Sol there is a burning vehicle. Firefighters are already on the scene to put out the fire in a truck that was transporting recyclable materials.
Colombian intelligence have made a few arrests, including Juvenal Sequea, the brother of Antonio Sequea who was captured during operation Gideon.
The Minister of Defense, Carlos Holmes Trujillo: "We have warned and pointed out for months that we must continue in order to defend our integrity and our sovereignty, we are not an aggressor nation, we act diplomatically for a democratic change in Venezuela"
1 year agoOfficials from @MigracionCol and @PoliciaBmanga walk the streets of downtown Bucaramanga to verify that people comply with the health measures against the coronavirus. In addition, they verify documentation of migrants
1 year agoThey protest in Bogotá (Colombia) against the new quarantine that "buries" the wholesale trade
Mercedes Barcha, widow of the Colombian Nobel Prize in Literature Gabriel García Márquez, dies in Mexico
Guaidó thanked Iván Duque's support: 'The route of Venezuela and its allies is to press for real solutions'
Former president of Colombia says the country's supreme court has ordered his detention
Barlovento Court in Cape Verde approves extradition of Alex Saab to the USA. the defense of the Colombian businessman will appeal to the Supreme Court. If they do not achieve a measure in their favor there then they can go to the Constitutional Court
1 year agoUSAF KC135R SPUR51 tracking over the Caribbean sea
Colombia passes the number of 10,000 deaths from COVID19
Embassy of Venezuela in Colombia issues statement after looting to the consulate in Bogotá
1 year agoThe Colombian military reports that 6 soldiers are injured and 11 missing after a Colombian Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed on the Inirida river in Guaviare Colombia
1 year agoA few days ago the Colombian army discovered 9 M60 Anti Tank rifle grenades stashed by FARC militants near Arauca, less than 20km from the Venezuelan border. The Colombian army says they came from the Venezuelan Military
1 year ago2 Colombian soldiers were killed and 8 wounded after they were attacked by the ELN in Norte de Santander yesterday
The ambassador of Venezuela designated by Juan Guaidó in Colombia, Tomás Guanipa, assured that Maduro illegally seizes humanitarian aid in the border area of Guainía, in the neighboring country, through the GNB
1 year agoColombian soldiers patrol the streets in Bogota, Colombia. Bogota on July 13 enforced a strict lockdown, affecting 2.5 million people, for the next two weeks to contain new outbreaks of COVID19. Photo: Juan Barreto
1 year agoDrug smuggling incident Bogota Airport Colombia
Duque and Maduro accuse each other of mismanagement to counter COVID19
The IMF forecasts a sharper drop in GDP than estimated in Latin America and the Caribbean (-9.4%)
1 year ago2 x Blackhawks and 1 x Huey of Colombian Police getting some action in over southern Colombia, anti narcotics or anti FARC or both. 1340z @MissiWhite4 @ScottC20012
