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Drug Capos Looking for Way Out Via Colombia Peace Accords
TODAY COLOMBIA via Insightcrime - Authorities in Colombia have filtered out more than two dozen drug capos attempting to pass themselves off as FARC...
US Threatens to Brand Colombia Not Compliant on Anti-Drug Efforts
TODAY COLOMBIA via Insightcrime.org - In an annual designation of major drug trafficking and producing nations, US President Donald Trump broke with decades of...
After Death of Number Two, Colombia’s Urabeños Offer to Surrender
(Insightcrime) The most wanted drug trafficker in Colombia and leader of the powerful Urabeños has offered to surrender himself and his organization to authorities...
Colombian Indigenous Groups Denounce Exclusion from Final Peace Agreement
Several Colombian Indigenous groups have condemned their exclusion from the implementation of the final peace agreement between the government and the FARC, as a...
Pockets of Rising Violence in Rural Colombia Despite National Drop in Murders
(InSight Crime) While Colombia boasts its lowest homicide rate in nearly half a century, pockets of spiking violence in several rural areas tell a...
Colombians give Pope Francis rapturous welcome
BOGOTA -- At the start of his first full day in Colombia, Pope Francis urged Colombians to persevere on the path to reconciliation and...
Pope Francis appeals for reconciliation in war-scarred Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia — Pope Francis on Thursday pressed a message of reconciliation as he began a five-day trip through Colombia, a country scarred by...
Pope visits Colombia to boost peace process after 50 years of war
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis travels to Colombia this week to encourage a fledgling peace process that ended half a century of war...
Pope Francis sends video message ahead of Colombia visit
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Monday sent a video message to the people of Colombia ahead of his Apostolic Journey to the country on...
Grateful Colombian refugee opens home to Venezuelans in need
Angelica Lamos Ballesteros, 51, was welcomed in Venezuela when gun-toting guerrillas forced her from her home in Colombia’s mountainous Norte de Santander department. Now...