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18 Aug 2023

Strong tremors of earthquake in Columbia

Earthquake in Colombia: An earthquake occurred in Bogota, the capital of Colombia. Intensity measured 6.3 on the Richter scale. Crowds of people thronged the streets of the city.

29 Apr 2021

Thousands of Colombians take it to streets to protest against tax proposals

Colombia`s biggest unions came out on the streets around the country against tax reform proposal. Forty people were arrested for alleged vandalism. 31 police and civilians were injured.

22 Aug 2020

Colombia violence: Three attacks in last 24 hours leave at least 17 dead

Separate attacks each reported leaving six people dead took place in the Colombian provinces of Narino and Cauca, while a further five people were also reported killed in Arauca province. Eight people were shot dead by an unidentified armed group in a contested drug trafficking area in Narino province a week ago. Another five people were killed in an attack in a neighborhood in the east of the city of Cali on August 11.

17 Jan 2019

Car bomb in Colombia police academy kills five: Bogota mayor

Authorities did not immediately say if the dead and wounded were police or civilians.

FIFA World Cup 2018

20 Jun 2018

Cycling star Quintana calls for unity following Colombia's loss to japan

"As a people, we have always showed that, united, we can face any circumstances," Quintana said in a Twitter post accompanied by a photograph of him wearing a national team jersey.

FIFA World Cup 2018

11 Jun 2018

Colombia full-back Fabra to miss World Cup

Colombia international full-back Frank Fabra has been ruled out of the World Cup in Russia after suffering a serious knee injury, the Colombian Football Federation (FCF) said.

01 Sep 2017

Colombian security forces kill top drug trafficker: President

The Gulf Clan, which accounts for some 70 percent of Colombia`s cocaine production, was born from the remnants of an outlawed right-wing paramilitary group which fought rebels during the country`s half-century civil conflict.

26 Jun 2017

Nine dead after Colombia tourist boat sinks in reservoir

Ninety-nine people were rescued, Margarita Moncada, the head of disaster relief for Antioquia province, told journalists.

25 Jun 2017

At least eleven die in Colombia coal mine explosion

At least eleven miners at an underground coal mine in Colombia have died and two remain missing after an explosion caused by methane gas, the government said on Saturday.

24 Jun 2017

Eight killed, five missing in Colombia coal mine blast

Colombian coal production hit a record 90 million tons last year, according to the Ministry of Mines and Energy.

24 Jun 2017

Colombia's ELN rebels free two kidnapped Dutch reporters: Officials

Rebels with Colombia`s National Liberation Army (ELN) group have freed two Dutch journalists snatched days ago in the country`s northeast.

20 Feb 2017

Explosion rattles Colombia’s capital, 26 injured

An explosion injured at least 26 people in the Colombian capital Sunday, most of them police guarding a bullring that had been targeted by protests on reopening last month, officials said.

22 Dec 2016

Amateur video captures Colombian cargo plane crash – Watch

The Boeing 727, operated by the Colombian carrier Aerosucre, was bound for Bogota from Puerto Carreno, near the Venezuelan border.

21 Dec 2016

Colombian cargo plane crash kills five crew

A Colombian cargo plane crashed three minutes after taking off in the east of the country Tuesday evening, killing five crew members and critically injuring another, officials said.

11 Sep 2016

Colombia's FARC rebels turn over 13 child soldiers

Colombia's largest rebel group has handed 13 child soldiers over to an international humanitarian mission as part of a deal to end decades of bloody fighting.

19 Jul 2016

Colombia court backs referendum on peace deal with FARC

A peace deal being negotiated with FARC rebels will ultimately be subject to a referendum once mooted by the Colombian government, the constitutional court ruled Monday.

Spencer Tunick‬

07 Jun 2016

Thousands of Colombians pose nude `in the name of peace`

Around 6,000 people in Colombia braved chills to pose naked in Bogota's Bolivar Plaza `in the name of peace` on Sunday.

30 Mar 2016

Ex-mayor of Colombia's capital jailed 18 years for graft

The former leftist mayor of Colombia's capital has been sentenced to 18 years in jail for taking bribes in the awarding of ambulance contracts.

17 Feb 2016

Scores of dismembered bodies found in Colombian jails

Remains of at least 100 dismembered prisoners and visitors have been found in drain pipes at a jail in Colombia`s capital that houses drug traffickers, Marxist rebels and paramilitaries, investigators said on Wednesday.

Sex-trafficking

21 Nov 2015

Colombia arrests 11 in sex-trafficking ring

In the capital Bogota, four people were captured for being brokers of air tickets and visas to China, police said.

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