Colombia

Colombia

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:30:11 +0000
Colombia Supreme Court sentences far-right senator to 23 years in prison for corruption
Colombia’s Supreme Court sentenced Senator Ciro Ramirez of the far-right Democratic Center party to 23 years in prison for embezzling more than $24 million in public funds. According to the court, Ramirez led a criminal organization made up of ...

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:58:18 +0000
Petro says Colombia will pull out of investor protection treaties
President Gustavo Petro said that Colombia will pull out of investor protection treaties that allow foreign corporations to sue the State over perceived losses before international tribunals. In a post on social media platform X, Petro said that R...

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:27:13 +0000
Colombia’s prosecution to investigate mass complaints about sexual harassment in journalism
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office announced criminal investigations into sexual harassment in corporate news outlets after multiple journalists said on social media they were the victim of abuse. The deluge of sexual harassment compl...

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:17:02 +0000
At least 66 dead, 4 missing after Air Force plane crashed in south Colombia: Armed forces
At least 66 members of the security forces were killed after an Air Force aircraft with 127 people on board crashed in southern Colombia. Four people are still missing, according to the armed forces. According to Air Force General Carlos Fernando Si...

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:37:28 +0000
“FARC dissident ordered assassination of Colombia opposition leader”
A late commander of FARC dissident group Segunda Marquetalia (SM) ordered the assassination of the far-right Senator Miguel Uribe, according to the man who admitted to recruiting the assassins. As part of a plea agreement, Simeon Perez, a.k.a. “...

Colombia Bogota

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:48:57 +0000
American Airlines flight attendant missing in Medellín prompts cross-border search
The disappearance of a U.S. flight attendant during a brief layover in Medellín has sparked an urgent search involving Colombian authorities, airline officials and U.S. representatives, as questions mount over his final hours in the city. Eric Ferna...

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:04:28 +0000
Colombia probes aging Hercules crash as Petro calls aircraft “scrap”
Colombian authorities are investigating whether mechanical failure, human error or excess weight caused the crash of a military C-130 aircraft that has now left at least 69 dead, as a political dispute intensifies over the condition of the country’...

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:42:14 +0000
Colombia mourns 66 dead after military Hercules crash in Putumayo
At least 66 people were killed after a Colombian military transport aircraft crashed shortly after take-off in the country’s southwest on Monday, authorities said, in one of the deadliest air disasters involving the armed forces in recent years. Th...

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:10:22 +0000
U.S. prosecutors probe Colombia’s Petro over alleged narco links, NYT reports
U.S. federal prosecutors have opened preliminary criminal investigations into Colombian President Gustavo Petro over alleged links to drug traffickers and possible illicit financing of his 2022 campaign, according to a report by The New York Times. T...

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:16:05 +0000
Colombia arrests “mastermind” of Ecuador candidate Villavicencio’s murder
Colombian authorities on Wednesday arrested Ángel Esteban Aguilar Morales, alias “Lobo Menor”, an alleged senior figure in the Ecuadorian criminal group Los Lobos and suspected intellectual author behind the 2023 assassination of Ecuadorian pres...

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