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At least 80 people killed in northeast Colombia as peace talks fail, official says

More than 80 people were killed in the country's northeast over the weekend after the government's attempts to negotiate peace with the National Liberation Army failed, Colombian government officials said. William Villamizar, governor of northern Santander state, where most of the killings occurred, said another 20 people were injured in the violence, which forced thousands […]

More than 80 people killed in Colombia as truce between rebel groups collapses | Colombia

At least 80 people have been killed and thousands displaced in northeastern Colombia, with the collapse of a fragile ceasefire between rebel groups vying for control of one of the country's biggest cocaine hubs. Violence between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels has escalated rapidly in the […]

Ex-drug lord Fabio Ochoa walks free in Colombia after 20 years in US prisons | Colombia

Former drug trafficker Fabio Ochoa's return to Colombia after being deported from the United States has revived old wounds for victims of the Medellin cartel, who express regret over Colombian authorities' decision to release Ochoa. Some people do. Some cartel victims say they hope the former drug lord will at least cooperate with human rights […]

Feds charge ex-TD Bank employee with helping to launder money to Colombia

The New Jersey Attorney General announced Wednesday that a former Florida-based TD Bank employee has been arrested and charged with aiding and abetting money laundering into Colombia. This is the first arrest since the Canadian bank paid a $3 billion fine. TD Bank's U.S. arm pleaded guilty in October to conspiracy to commit money laundering, […]

U.N. Claims Colombia Was Hiding 20,000 Unidentified Bodies in Airport Hangar

Colombian authorities on Thursday refuted claims by the United Nations Commission on Enforced Disappearances (CED) that 20,000 unidentified bodies are stored in a hangar at Bogota's El Dorado International Airport. For two weeks, the UN CED delegation visit He traveled to Colombia in late November to investigate the country's decades-long forced disappearance crisis. The group […]