Tensions rising on the Venezuela-Colombia border. Vladimir Padrino says Venezuela will respond forcefully to any aggression against Venezuela after an increased military presence on both sides due to fighting between ELN and FARC in the border region
The National Police reported that three armed individuals got into an inter-municipal transport vehicle that covered the Popayán - Pasto route, to steal the belongings of the passengers. As result, the driver was murdered
Colombia: At least 16 people have been killed in Arauca province in fighting between illegal armed groups, the country's human rights ombudsperson said on Monday, adding that 12 families had been displaced
2 year agoThree people were murdered on December 31 in Cali. The victims are a woman and two men, murdered in the Laureano Gómez, Morichal de Comfandi and El Calvario neighborhoods. During the course of this January 1, there have been four more murders
2 year agoBodies of soldiers killed in San Andrés in a confusing shooting are already in Bogotá
. @PoliciaColombia reports sixth capture for an attack at Cúcuta airport.
The balance of human rights violations in Antioquia, made by the IPC, indicates that in the department there were 1,610 homicides, 13 massacres, 578 disappeared and 186 torture, cruel or degrading treatment
2 year agoA serious accident occurred in the Cazuca sector, in Bogotá. Apparently the driver of a SITP bus lost control of the vehicle and went off the road. So far, several injured people have been reported
2 year agoAnti-terrorist security measures in Cucuta after a double attack that left 3 dead, including two policemen. This is one of the measures after the terrible attack for which Colombia blames Venezuela
Colombia: two policemen and a civilian die in an attack in Cúcuta, border with Venezuela
2 year agoBucaramanga Police pay tribute to the two uniformed men who died in an attack at the Cúcuta airport. One of them, Mayor William Bareño, was a native of Barbosa, Santander
Device exploded to a man who tried to enter the Cúcuta airport: Ministry of Defense
2 year agoA person would have died at the Cúcuta airport for transporting explosives
2 year agoAuthorities report a second explosion at the Camilo Daza Airport in Cúcuta. Number of deaths as a result of the fact amounts to three
2 year agoBiciusuario received two stab wounds from thieves in Bogotá, but his helmet saved his life. Although the victim was able to call 123, it was an Army ambulance that happened to be passing by the site that helped him.
An alleged criminal died and another was injured in the middle of a confrontation with the police in eastern Cali. The shooting took place near a fuel station where the criminals tried to commit a theft.
2 year agoAnd another FARC-EP leader of the Segunda Marquetalia (alias Romaña) is reported to have been killed in Venezuela
2 year agoBoyacá firefighters request the intervention of the Attorney General's Office against some mayors
Prosecutor's Office indicts 3 policemen, 2 of them officers, for the death of civilians during protests in Cali
2 year agoDesignation of FARC-EP and Segunda Marquetalia by the US "is directed at those who refused to demobilize and those who are engaged in terrorist activity," says @SecBlinken in a statement about Colombia
Colombia marked five years since the deal that ended the conflict between the government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas. Yet, recent violence in the Chocó province has put many into forced confinement
US to withdraw Colombia's FARC ex-rebels from terrorism list: congressional aide
3 year agoCaptured in Bucaramanga alias 'Boca de Payaso', syndicated by @PoliciaDEMAM of participating in two murders in Barrancabermeja. Johan Andrés Ospina was released from jail in September and began leading criminal actions with the band Los del Puente
The peace process in Colombia is also of global interest due to its potential to become a benchmark for other armed conflicts in the world.
3 year agoUSAF RC135V Rivet Joint PYLAR34 Colombia-Venezuela border mission
Colombian Defense Minister: We are monitoring the activities of the Lebanese Hezbollah on our territory after the arrest of elements who were planning to carry out criminal activities
3 year agoColombian President @IvanDuque leaves Israeli after meeting PM @naftalibennett
Former FARC combatant was assassinated in the rural area of Samaniego, Nariño
"Iran was the top security issue on the agenda in Colombian President @IvanDuque's meetings with Israeli President @Isaac_Herzog and PM @naftalibennett on Monday," @Jerusalem_Post reports. Bennett thanked Duque for Colombia designating IRGC & Hezbollah as terrorist entities
The Ministry of Defense, which does not consider the category of massacre in the country, reports 26 collective homicides. This figure does not agree with those of Indepaz and Pares,
