AlHijjah 13, 1432, Nov 9, 2011, SPA -- Police have clashed with protesting oil workers in front of Colombia's two largest oil refineries. Television images showed police using tear gas against demonstrators at the two refineries operated by the (...)
AlHijjah 11, 1432, Nov 7, 2011, SPA -- A mudslide has killed 37 people in Colombia and buried homes in the central city of Manizales after torrential rains, Reuters quoted the government as saying on Monday.
The state-run National System for (...)
AlHijjah 10, 1432, Nov 6, 2011, SPA -- Colombia's FARC rebels scorned the "happy laughter" of their foes and rejected a plea to demobilize after the killing of their leader Alfonso Cano gave President Juan Manuel Santos his biggest military victory, (...)
AlHijjah 9, 1432, Nov 5, 2011, SPA -- Colombian security forces killed the leader of the country's largest socialist militant group, FARC, UPI quoted the president and defense minister as saying Saturday.
Photographs of the body of a beardless (...)
AlHijjah 9, 1432, Nov 5, 2011, SPA -- Colombians rejoiced at the killing of top FARC rebel leader Alfonso Cano and hoped the biggest blow yet against Latin America's longest insurgency could herald an end to nearly five decades of war, Reuters (...)
AlQa'dah 23, 1432, Oct 21, 2011, SPA -- Colombian authorities say leftist rebels have killed nine soldiers in a midnight attack in the country's turbulent southwest, as AP reported.
Military chief Gen. Alejandro Navas blames the deaths on "tactical (...)
AlQa'dah 16, 1432, Oct 14, 2011, SPA -- Colombian police on Friday seized six tons of cocaine, worth an estimated 180 million dollars, in the central state of Meta, as dpa reported.
Anti-Narcotics Police hunting a paramilitary drug gang found the (...)
AlQa'dah 16, 1432, Oct 14, 2011, SPA -- Colombian police on Friday seized six tons of
cocaine, worth an estimated 180 million dollars, in the central state of Meta, according to dpa.
Anti-Narcotics Police hunting a paramilitary drug gang found the (...)
AlQa'dah 12, 1432, Oct 10, 2011, SPA - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived here today to meet Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.
The Palestinian President's visit to Colombia is the third leg of a Latin America tour.
Senior officials (...)
Seven miners died and two were injured Wednesday when a shaft collapsed in a gold mine in north-western Colombia, officials said.
According to dpa, the accident took place in a rural area of the municipality of El Atrato, in the province of Choco, (...)
Colombia's new defense minister vowed on Monday a forceful response to illegal armed groups and more innovation in confronting guerrillas and drug barons in the Andean nation, according to Reuters.
Latin America's No. 4 oil producer has faced (...)
Colombian authorities said FARC rebels are believed responsible for an ambush that killed four police officers and wounded three in the southwestern coastal town of Tumaco, AP reported.
Gen. Orlando Pineda is the region's top police official. He (...)
Mexico remained in position to win its third major football tournament this year, beating Colombia 3-1 on Saturday night to advance to the semifinals of the Under-20 World Cup.
Mexico's senior team won the regional Gold Cup title in June, defeating (...)
Four Colombian soldiers died and nine others were
injured Thursday when they were struck by lightning in northeastern
Colombia, dpa quoted the authorities as saying.
The incident happened in a rural area of the municipality of
Teorama, in the (...)
Suspected Colombian guerrillas kidnapped five oil workers for companies contracted by Occidental Petroleum in the eastern part of the Andean nation, the army and the company said on Saturday, according to Reuters.
The latest attack on the oil (...)
Eight children were killed and 10 were injured
Wednesday in southwestern Colombia when their school bus fell down a
300-metre ravine, dpa quoted the authorities as saying.
The accident happened near the town of La Cruz, in Narino
province. (...)
More than 10 hours of heavy downpours hit Bogota, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate, UPI quoted officials as saying.
Evacuations were ordered after the Bogota River overflowed a retention barrier that was set up near the neighboring town of (...)
A methane gas explosion at a small, central Colombian coal mine on Tuesday killed five workers, officials said.
The explosion comes less than a week after another accident at a coal mine in northeast Colombia killed 21 miners and prompted the (...)
Colombian authorities said Monday that they have accused an army major and four other soldiers of killing three civilians and then falsely presenting their bodies as those of guerrillas slain in combat, according to AP.
Maj. Juan Carlos Del Rio (...)
A mudslide in western Colombia has killed 13 people and injured 25 others, a news report said Saturday.
The mudslide hit several buildings and vehicles in the town of La
Cruz, in Narino province, local government official Fabio Trujillo
was (...)
Rescue teams were trying Thursday to locate five people who were believed to have been trapped in a mudslide in north-eastern Colombia.
The avalanche of mud and rock happened Wednesday in a mountainous
area of the Santander province, regional (...)
Hijjah 18, 1431 / Nov. 24, 2010, SPA -- Five miners died and four were trapped in accidents in two coal mines in central Colombia, officials said Wednesday.
The accidents took place Tuesday in rural areas of the municipalities of Lenguazaque and (...)
The top military commander of the Colombian leftist
rebel group FARC, Luis Suarez, alias "Mono Jojoy," has been killed,
dpa quoted Colombian authorities as confirming Thursday.
From New York, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (...)
The death toll mounted in attacks on Colombia
police and military, with at least 17 officers declared dead, 12
injured and one still missing over two days.
The attacks were blamed on leftist rebels, dpa reported.
Colombian authorities (...)
Police say a powerful explosion near a major Colombian radio station has injured at least four people, according to AP.
Bogota police director Cesar Pinzon says investigators suspect a car bomb exploded near Caracol radio. But he says officials (...)