Tag: Colombia

At least nine Colombian National Army soldiers have been killed and eighteen have been injured following an ELN attack on a military base in El Carmen, Norte De Santander, Colombia. The militants reportedly targeted a a platoon of soldiers that are part of the Special Energy and Road Battalion...

Update (1736 EST): Colombian Joint Task Force Titan commander confirms two dead, two missing from the crash. Locals report they saw two personnel jump from the helicopter before it impacted. At approximately 1630 EST, reports began to emerge of a Colombian Air Force UH-1 Huey helicopter, tail number EJC-4227, crash...

The National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group has denied claims by Colombian President Gustavo Petro that they signed a ceasefire with the government. On New Year's Eve, Petro announced that the Colombian government had signed a six month ceasefire agreement with the country’s five largest armed groups, saying “Total peace...

For the first time in its state history, Colombia will have a former guerrilla as its president. Today, former M-19 fighter Gustavo Petro was elected President of Colombia with 50% of the vote, defeating construction sector oligarch Rodolfo Hernández who fell short at 47%. Petro joined the anti-imperialist 19th...

  Colombian authorities have sliced another head off the Hydra like Clan del Gulfo organisation. Months after capturing the leader Otoniel, Colombian authorities have captured El Viejo. El Viejo was reported the military leader of a Clan del Gulfo structure which operated in the Colombian regions of Antioquia, Sucre, Bolívar...