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Colombian lawmaker among 15 missing in plane disappearance
Bogota, Colombia – Search and rescue teams in Colombia are searching for a passenger plane carrying 15 passengers that went missing near…
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Colombia slashes wages for its legislators as public spending balloons ahead of election
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s president on Tuesday reduced wages for members of Congress by approximately 30%, as the South American…
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Colombia says former FARC rebels have not kept promises to surrender cash and gold
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The former rebel group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, is violating a 2016 peace deal with the…
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Police say 2 officers killed in northeast Colombia in explosion blamed on guerrilla
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Two police officers were killed Sunday in northeast Colombia in an attack that authorities blamed on the National…
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Colombian governor says he survived an assasination attempt in oil-rich Arauca province
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The governor of Colombia’s Arauca province said Monday that he survived an assassination attempt while traveling…
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Rescuers in Colombia try to dig out 20 miners trapped in a collapsed gold mine
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A collapse at a gold mine in northern Colombia trapped more than 20 miners, and rescuers were working Tuesday to…
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120 land and environmental defenders killed or disappeared in Latin America last year, report finds
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — At least 146 land and environmental defenders were killed or have gone missing around the world in 2024, with more…
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Attack at a police station in Colombia by FARC dissidents kills 1, injures 4
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Dissidents of the now-defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia attacked a police station in southwestern…
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Colombia's Constitutional Court upholds bullfighting ban and adds cockfighting prohibition
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld a 2024 law banning bullfights in the South American country,…
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Colombia's ombudswoman says 33 soldiers allegedly kidnapped under orders of a rebel group are freed
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Thirty-three Colombian soldiers allegedly taken by villagers acting under the orders of a rebel group were freed…
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Teen who shot Colombian presidential hopeful sentenced to 7 years at youth detention facility
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A teenager who admitted shooting Colombian senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay during a political…
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Colombia says villagers taking orders from rebel groups kidnapped 34 soldiers
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's government said Tuesday that 34 of its soldiers fighting rebels in the south have been “kidnapped” by…
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Father of slain Colombian candidate Miguel Uribe launches presidential bid
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The father of Miguel Uribe, the Colombian presidential candidate fatally shot at a political rally earlier this…
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Colombian ex-leader known for contentious war on rebels pays tribute to slain presidential hopeful
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe on Saturday paid tribute to slain presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay…
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Deadly attacks in Colombia cast a shadow on the president's peace-with-guerrillas policy
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's anti-government guerrillas have grown stronger under President Gustavo Petro’s three years in office.…
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Car bomb and helicopter attack in Colombia kill at least 13 people, including police officers
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A car bomb and a separate attack on a police helicopter in Colombia killed at least 13 people on Thursday,…
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Colombian soldier killed, 2 wounded in an attack from explosives laden on a mule
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A Colombian soldier was killed and two others wounded Wednesday when explosives carried by a mule exploded in…
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Colombian court halts investigation into presidential campaign funds
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s Constitutional Court on Thursday stopped an electoral body from investigating accusations of illicit…
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Colombian authorities charge 15-year-old with attempted murder of presidential candidate
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian authorities on Tuesday charged a 15-year-old with attempted murder for the assasination attempt on…
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At least four dead in Colombia after multiple blasts outside police stations in Cali
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — At least four people were killed in Colombia on Tuesday as rebel groups detonated bombs near police stations in…
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Colombia reports 33% drop in deforestation in early 2025, with major progress in Amazon parks
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia saw a 33% drop in deforestation in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year, the…
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Clashes between Colombian military and guerrilla dissidents leave a soldier dead and another wounded
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — One Colombian soldier was killed and another injured Thursday in clashes with guerrilla dissidents in a…
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Colombia's interior minister resigns as cracks deepen in President Petro's coalition
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian Interior Minister Juan Fernando Cristo resigned on Monday as a political crisis shook the government of…
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Colombia offers $700,000 reward for information on ELN rebel leaders
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government on Saturday announced a roughly $700,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and…