Colombia

Colombia’s ELN declares 10-day ceasefire for presidential vote
Armed rebels say ceasefire will run from May 25 until June 3 to allow Colombian voters to cast their ballots ‘in peace’.
Published On 16 May 2022
‘Terrifying’: Days of terror under Colombia’s Gulf Clan cartel
Colombian armed group lay siege to communities in response to extradition of its former leader, Otoniel, to the US.
Published On 12 May 2022
Paraguay anti-drug prosecutor shot dead on honeymoon in Colombia
Marcelo Pecci, 45, was fatally shot while relaxing on a beach on Colombia’s Carribean island of Baru, his wife says.
Published On 10 May 2022
Colombia: ‘Whoever opposes fracking will get a bullet’
Growing number of death threats from paramilitary groups target environmental defenders who oppose fracking in Colombia.
Published On 9 May 2022
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Accused Colombian drug trafficker pleads not guilty to two charges after being extradited to the US from Bogota.

Dairo Antonio Usuga’s Gulf Clan was believed to be responsible for 30 percent of all cocaine exports from Colombia.

US top court may soon overturn landmark abortion rights ruling, but courts in other nations are moving to do opposite.

The judge dismissed a request by the attorney general to shelve the witness-tampering case against former president.

Ex-army officials tell special tribunal they participated in so-called ‘false positive’ killings of over 100 civilians.

Ruling by the UN’s top court caps decades of dispute between Nicaragua and Colombia over maritime borders.

Authorities blame alleged drug traffickers from the Gulf Clan for the attack in Colombia’s Antioquia department.

From Colombia to Nigeria, traders in football-loving nations are counting losses of failure to make it to Qatar 2022.

Colombia says March operation targeted rebel dissidents, but rights groups reported at least four civilians were killed.

Heavy rains flooded a mining camp in Abriaqui, authorities say, as search for at least seven missing people continues.

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