Tag: Colombia
Colombia court sentences 12 ex-soldiers to reparations work for executions
By Julia Symmes CobbBOGOTA (Reuters) - A special Colombian court created under a 2016 peace deal on Thursday…
Colombia halts US arms purchases as row over drug fight delisting escalates
Colombia has halted arms purchases from the United States, its biggest military partner, over Washington’s claim that the…
Landmark ruling convicts seven FARC ex-leaders of wartime crimes
Bogota, Colombia – Seven ex-leaders of the demobilised Colombian FARC rebels have been convicted over the kidnappings of…
Colombia halts US arms purchases in row over drug fight delisting
Colombia on Tuesday halted arms purchases from the United States, its biggest military partner, after Washington decertified the…
Colombia’s President Petro decries US claim Bogota failing to fight drugs
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro appeared visibly frustrated after United States President Donald Trump designated Colombia among several countries…
U.S. says Colombia, Venezuela failed to fight drug trafficking
BOGOTA (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump designated on Monday countries such as Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burma, Colombia and…
US designates Colombia as failing to cooperate in the drug war for first time in nearly 30 years
MIAMI (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate…
In Colombia coca-growing region, transition to peace is stumbling
By Luis Jaime AcostaEL PLATEADO/SAN JUAN DE MICAY, Colombia (Reuters) -The dilapidated, tin-roofed schoolhouse sits perched amid fields…
At least 34 Colombian soldiers kidnapped after clashes with FARC dissidents
At least 34 government soldiers have been kidnapped by armed civilians in a jungle in southeastern Colombia after…
At least 34 soldiers kidnapped in Colombia after clashes with FARC dissidents
BOGOTA (Reuters) -At least 34 soldiers were kidnapped by armed civilians in a jungle area of southeastern Colombia…
At least 18 die in Colombia in two attacks attributed to FARC dissidents
BOGOTA (Reuters) -At least 18 people died and more than forty were injured on Thursday after two attacks…
Can a Guerrilla Group Help Solve Colombia’s Cocaine Conflict?
This article is a co-production with Amazon Underworld, a journalistic alliance covering crime trends throughout the Amazon Basin.A…