Seven police officers killed in Colombia explosives attack
2 years, 3 months ago

Seven police officers killed in Colombia explosives attack

Al Jazeera  

Attack is the deadliest on security forces since President Gustavo Petro took office promising to restore peace. At least seven police officers have been killed in an explosives attack in western Colombia, President Gustavo Petro has said, the deadliest attack on security forces since he took office promising to end the country’s nearly 60-year conflict. I have asked authorities to go to the area to take on the investigation.” Petro, a former member of the M-19 rebel movement, has pledged to seek “total peace” by restarting talks with National Liberation Army rebels, applying a 2016 peace accord to former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia fighters who reject it, and negotiating the surrender of crime gangs in exchange for reduced sentences. His predecessor, the conservative Ivan Duque, had broken off peace talks with the ELN following a 2019 car bomb attack on a police academy in Bogota that left 22 people dead.

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Colombia’s President Petro was the target of a possible attack in July, says defense minister
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Colombia’s President Petro was the target of a possible attack in July, says defense minister

Associated Press  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian President Gustavo Petro was the target of a possible attack in July, when he took part in a public event in downtown Bogotá, Defense Minister Iván Velásquez said Thursday, without providing evidence or elaborating further. Petro said at the time that his tardiness was due to “information that had to be corroborated with the United States …

Violence intensifies in southwest Colombia as FARC holdout group attacks police and military
7 months ago

Violence intensifies in southwest Colombia as FARC holdout group attacks police and military

Hindustan Times  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Violence intensified in southwestern Colombia on Monday when a bomb blast injured six people in the city of Jamundi and an attack by insurgents on a police station in the rural town of Morales left at least two officers dead, according to police. Violence intensifies in southwest Colombia as FARC holdout group attacks police and military Colombia’s …

1 soldier killed and 12 injured in attack in Colombia blamed on drug cartel
11 months, 3 weeks ago

1 soldier killed and 12 injured in attack in Colombia blamed on drug cartel

Associated Press  

BUCARAMANGA, Colombia — One soldier was killed and 12 were injured Wednesday in an attack with explosives on a military unit in western Colombia that the army blamed on the notorious Gulf Clan drug cartel. The ministry attributed the attack to a faction of the Gulf Clan, considered by authorities to be the country’s largest active drug cartel. The governor …

Militants kill 9 soldiers in attack on Colombia’s military
1 year, 8 months ago

Militants kill 9 soldiers in attack on Colombia’s military

Associated Press  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Militants in Colombia killed nine soldiers and wounded nine others in an attack early Wednesday on a military unit securing a northern pipeline, officials said, complicating efforts by the country’s new leftist president to negotiate a lasting peace. In addition to the attack, Patiño said, the ELN has been increasing harassing civilians in the departments of Cauca, …

Six Colombian soldiers killed in FARC dissident attack: Army
2 years ago

Six Colombian soldiers killed in FARC dissident attack: Army

Al Jazeera  

Deadly attack by rebel dissidents takes place in Cauca, a southwestern region that has seen a surge in violence. Six Colombian soldiers have been killed in fighting with rebel dissidents in the violence-plagued southwestern region of Cauca, the country’s army said, as the government seeks to end a decades-long conflict. Colombia’s military said on Tuesday that the deaths occurred in …

Fighting between armed groups leaves 18 dead in Colombia
2 years, 1 month ago

Fighting between armed groups leaves 18 dead in Colombia

Al Jazeera  

Deadly fighting in southwest Colombia comes ahead of peace talks between National Liberation Army rebels and Gustavo Petro’s government. The fighting involved rebel dissidents who rejected a 2016 peace agreement between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the government, and a criminal band that calls itself “Comandos de la Frontera” or “Border Commandos”. Negotiators from Petro’s government will resume …

Colombia’s next defence minister faces ‘a hell of a fight’
2 years, 4 months ago

Colombia’s next defence minister faces ‘a hell of a fight’

Al Jazeera  

Bogota, Colombia – Ivan Velasquez first made a name for himself as a prosecutor in Medellin in the 1990s, when he reportedly refused to accept a briefcase of money from Pablo Escobar to drop investigations into the drug lord’s life of luxury in prison. He will take office amid a host of security challenges: rising violence in rural areas with …

Colombia says at least 23 FARC dissidents killed in operation
2 years, 10 months ago

Colombia says at least 23 FARC dissidents killed in operation

Al Jazeera  

At least 23 dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia rebel group were killed during an operation by the Colombian armed forces along the Venezuelan border, the defence ministry said. “This operation forcefully dismantles the FARC dissident structure,” Colombian defence minister Diego Molano said in a video published on social media. Former FARC dissidents, as well as members of …

Colombia: Nine dead in separate attacks amid escalating violence
3 years, 5 months ago

Colombia: Nine dead in separate attacks amid escalating violence

Al Jazeera  

Three separate attacks come after helicopter carrying President Ivan Duque was fired at near border with Venezuela on Friday. At least nine people, including four police officers, have died in three separate attacks across Colombia, which has seen a recent surge in violence and instability in several parts of the country. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for …

Venezuela says six members of ‘armed groups’ killed near Colombia
3 years, 8 months ago

Venezuela says six members of ‘armed groups’ killed near Colombia

Al Jazeera  

Thousands are displaced after Venezuela military launched operation against ‘armed groups’ near Colombian border. Venezuela’s defence ministry has said six fighters belonging to “irregular Colombian armed groups” have been killed in a military operation near the Venezuela-Colombia border, which has displaced thousands of civilians since last Sunday. In a statement on Saturday, the department said 39 additional fighters were taken …

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