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Colombian FARC leaders ordered to make reparations for over 21,000 kidnappings
AFP, Published on 17/09/2025
» BOGOTá - A Colombian court on Tuesday held seven leaders of the defunct Colombian guerrilla army FARC responsible for the kidnappings of tens of thousands of people during the group's half-century of war with the state.
Sudan destroys Emirati aircraft, killing 40 mercenaries
AFP, Published on 07/08/2025
» PORT SUDAN - Sudan's air force has destroyed an Emirati aircraft carrying Colombian mercenaries as it landed at a paramilitary-controlled airport in Darfur, killing at least 40 people, the army-aligned state TV said Wednesday.
Ecuador deports more than 800 Colombian inmates as Bogota cries foul
AFP, Published on 27/07/2025
» BOGOTá - Ecuadoran authorities said Saturday they had deported more than 800 Colombian prisoners via a land border crossing, after Bogota protested that the move came without prior agreement.
Seven dead as Colombia hit with wave of bombings and gun attacks
AFP, Published on 11/06/2025
» CALI (COLOMBIA) - Colombia was rocked by a string of 24 coordinated bomb and gun attacks that killed at least seven people across the country's southwest Tuesday, deepening a security crisis roiling the Andean nation.
Powerful 6.3 magnitude quake shakes central Colombia, damaging buildings
AFP, Published on 09/06/2025
» PARATEBUENO, Colombia - Buildings swayed, sirens blared and panicked Colombians raced onto the streets Sunday after a shallow 6.3 magnitude earthquake rattled the centre of the country.
Colombia awaits deported migrants after Trump forces climbdown
AFP, Published on 28/01/2025
» BOGOTá - Colombia said Monday it had sent aircraft to repatriate migrants deported from the United States after apparently bowing to President Donald Trump's threats of painful tariffs for defying his plans for mass expulsions.
Trump holds off on Colombia tariffs, agreement on deported migrants
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump will hold off on imposing threatened tariffs and sanctions on Colombia after reaching a deal on the return of deported migrants, the White House said.
Trump slaps sanctions after Colombia defies deportation push
AFP, Published on 27/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Sunday ordered sweeping tariffs and sanctions against Colombia in retaliation for its refusal to accept deportation flights, doubling down on his immigration crackdown as he sought to silence a chorus of defiance in Latin America.
'We want peace': Colombians swept up in bloody guerrilla violence
AFP, Published on 25/01/2025
» TEORAMA (COLOMBIA) - The children of northeastern Colombia have a message for guerrillas blamed for the country's worst violence in over a decade -- as well as for rival militants tempted to take revenge.
Venezuela braces for rival protests at Maduro swearing-in
AFP, Published on 08/01/2025
» CARACAS - Venezuela is on tenterhooks as it braces for pro- and anti-government protests on Thursday — the eve of President Nicolas Maduro’s swearing-in for a third term rejected by the opposition and much of the international community as illegitimate.