Colombia cocaine seizures up 35% year-on-year in 2024, armed forces say
Colombia's armed forces seized 626 metric tons of cocaine chloral hydrate during 2024, the armed forces general command said in a statement on Tuesday, up 35% year-on-year.Cocaine production and ...
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An underground gold war in Colombia is ‘a ticking ecological time bomb’
By Joshua Collins Nearly 100 underground tunnels, running a combined length of more than 84 kilometers, or 52 miles, ...
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Colombia, the world’s largest exporter of mercenaries: ‘We’re like soccer players. Headhunters look at your work and make you an offer’
Thousands of former military personnel are hired for large sums to fight in wars or to serve as private security abroad. The ...
Colombia's ELN rebels announce Christmas truce
Colombia’s largest remaining rebel group has announced a unilateral truce to last until Jan. 3, the first since the previous ceasefire broke down in August ...
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Despite breakthrough, Colombia faces steep challenges to ‘total peace’
The Church cannot involve itself in such political matters, Father Hector Henao argued, given that “its sole purpose is to ...
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Colombia's ELN rebels announce Christmas truce
In a statement posted on X, the National Liberation Army said that it will halt attacks on the military as the nation celebrates Christmas and New Year's. Colombian President Gustavo Petro shared ...