News: Colombia

We have started to collect the most important news related to Colombia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Colombia – overview

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• 'Al-Qaeda link' to Colombia ring – Banana firm must pay $25m fine
• Beautiful river – Bull-ring collapses in Colombia
• Bush anger over Colombian deal – Chavez insults Colombian minister
• Chavez issues plea for Betancourt – Colombia 'friendly fire' kills 11
• Colombia 'incursion' riles Chavez – Colombia captures top drug lord
• Colombia clash kills eight troops – Colombia Farc hostages released
• Colombia fighter gives testimony – Colombia hostages shown on tape
• Colombia hostages' video surfaces – Colombia paramilitaries arrested
• Colombia peace talks set to begin – Colombia rebels kill 24 soldiers
• Colombia rebels kill councillors – Colombia to bomb Farc guerrillas
• Colombia to evict farm occupiers – Colombia's Uribe calls off vote
• Colombia's Uribe pushes US trade – Colombian drug lords jailed in US
• Colombian drugs lord found dead – Colombian police find stolen Goya
• Colombian police killed in ambush – Colombians march for victims
• Cuba deports top drugs suspect – Ecuadorean death report confirmed
• Eight die in Colombia Farc attack – Farc hostage escapes with guard
• Farc hostage needs help 'in hours' – Gas pipeline begins in Venezuela
• Global refugees 'at 26-year low' – Leaders condemn US-Colombia deal
• Leaders say Colombia crisis over – Palmed off
• Panama 'holds Colombia scam boss' – Second senior Farc rebel 'killed'
• Shakira scoops four Latin Grammys – UN shock at Colombia coca rise
• UN urges Colombia killings probe – US seeks Colombian warlord
• US targets Colombia traffickers – War of words opens LatAm summit

Colombia: news

'Al-Qaeda link' to Colombia ring

Friday, January 27th 2006, 12:58

Colombia says it has broken up a ring that provided false passports to members of al-Qaeda and Hamas.
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'Car bomb' blast in Colombia

Thursday, October 19th 2006, 15:15
related places: Bogota

An apparent car bomb near a military school in Bogota, the Colombian capital, injures five people, police say.
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'Colombia-US base accord reached'

Saturday, August 15th 2009, 2:58
related countries: United States

Colombia says it has struck a deal to allow the US to use its military bases, despite concerns in some South American nations.
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'Dozens missing' in Colombia mud

Friday, April 14th 2006, 21:40
related places: Ten

Rescuers fear for 40 people missing after major landslides in Colombia, as the search is hampered by guerrillas.
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'Drug baron' caught in Colombia

Friday, June 22nd 2007, 2:52
related countries: Guatemala

Colombian police arrest a Guatemalan suspected drug baron who has been on the run for two years.
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'Drugs gang' arrested in Colombia

Thursday, May 21st 2009, 11:34

Colombian security forces arrest 112 suspected members of one of the country's most powerful drugs cartels.
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'Ecuador incursion' into Colombia

Tuesday, April 1st 2008, 8:13
related countries: Ecuador
related places: Quito

Colombia condemns "an incursion by an Ecuadorean military helicopter" which Quito says was accidental.
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'Farc hostage' bodies recovered

Monday, September 10th 2007, 1:07

The Red Cross says it has recovered 11 bodies thought to be Colombian lawmakers held by Farc rebels.
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'Farc rebels' arrested in Ecuador

Friday, March 7th 2008, 7:43
related countries: Ecuador

Ecuador says it has arrested five Colombian Farc rebels inside its border, as regional tensions continue to grow.
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'I lost my money'

Tuesday, November 18th 2008, 17:11

Colombia scam victim tells how she was taken in
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'Key drugs player' held in Mexico

Thursday, February 5th 2009, 7:38
related countries: Mexico, United States

Mexican police say they have arrested a top official in a powerful cartel that trafficks cocaine from Colombia to the US.
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'Malnutrition' deaths in Colombia

Wednesday, March 28th 2007, 21:12
related places: Choco

Colombia investigates reports that dozens of children have died from malnutrition in Choco province.
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'More tribe killings' in Colombia

Thursday, February 12th 2009, 20:48

Claims of 10 members of the Awa tribe in Colombia being killed, after the reported murder last week of 17.
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'Oldest' Colombia fighter disarms

Wednesday, February 8th 2006, 13:36

A man reputed to be the oldest paramilitary in Colombia lays down his weapons with 1,000 militiamen.
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'Progress made' on Farc hostages

Saturday, February 9th 2008, 23:14
related countries: Venezuela

Venezuela says it has made progress on securing the release of three more Farc hostages in Colombia.
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'US backed' Ecuador camp attack

Friday, December 11th 2009, 4:44
related countries: Ecuador, United States

A Colombian attack on a rebel camp in Ecuador was carried out with support from US forces in Ecuador, a new report alleges.
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Andean row agreement reached

Tuesday, March 18th 2008, 10:34
related countries: Ecuador

OAS foreign ministers agree a text deploring Colombia's raid on rebels in Ecuador that sparked border tensions.
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Arms dealer jailed for 30 years

Wednesday, February 25th 2009, 9:22
related countries: Syria

A Syrian-born arms dealer is jailed for 30 years for conspiring to sell millions of dollars of weapons to Colombian rebels.
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Attack kills six Colombia police

Tuesday, July 4th 2006, 16:52

Six police officers are killed and three hurt in a guerrilla attack on a mountain base in southwest Colombia, officials say.
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AUC militia 'resumes disarmament'

Thursday, November 17th 2005, 11:42

Colombia's right-wing paramilitaries have agreed to resume disarmament, the interior minister says.
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Banana firm must pay $25m fine

Monday, September 17th 2007, 16:10
related countries: United States
related places: Chiquita

A US judge confirms a $25m fine on banana group Chiquita for giving protection money to Colombian paramilitaries.
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'Al-Qaeda link' to Colombia ring – Banana firm must pay $25m fineBeautiful river – Bull-ring collapses in ColombiaBush anger over Colombian deal – Chavez insults Colombian ministerChavez issues plea for Betancourt – Colombia 'friendly fire' kills 11Colombia 'incursion' riles Chavez – Colombia captures top drug lordColombia clash kills eight troops – Colombia Farc hostages releasedColombia fighter gives testimony – Colombia hostages shown on tapeColombia hostages' video surfaces – Colombia paramilitaries arrestedColombia peace talks set to begin – Colombia rebels kill 24 soldiersColombia rebels kill councillors – Colombia to bomb Farc guerrillasColombia to evict farm occupiers – Colombia's Uribe calls off voteColombia's Uribe pushes US trade – Colombian drug lords jailed in USColombian drugs lord found dead – Colombian police find stolen GoyaColombian police killed in ambush – Colombians march for victimsCuba deports top drugs suspect – Ecuadorean death report confirmedEight die in Colombia Farc attack – Farc hostage escapes with guardFarc hostage needs help 'in hours' – Gas pipeline begins in VenezuelaGlobal refugees 'at 26-year low' – Leaders condemn US-Colombia dealLeaders say Colombia crisis over – Palmed offPanama 'holds Colombia scam boss' – Second senior Farc rebel 'killed'Shakira scoops four Latin Grammys – UN shock at Colombia coca riseUN urges Colombia killings probe – US seeks Colombian warlordUS targets Colombia traffickers – War of words opens LatAm summit