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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 presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. The arrest took place at El Dorado International Airport, where […]

President Gustavo Petro accused Ecuador on Monday of carrying out bombing raids inside Colombian territory, sharply escalating a diplomatic and trade dispute that has been simmering since January. Petro said “27 charred bodies” have been found near the border and suggested the attacks could not have been carried out by illegal armed groups, though he

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Monday that evidence suggests Ecuador’s armed forces are carrying out cross-border air strikes. During a televised cabinet meeting, Petro said that “a bomb has been found” that was apparently “dropped from a plane.” “They are bombing us from Ecuador and it’s not the armed groups,” said the president. […]

Colombia’s migration authority Migración Colombia denied entry last week to 10 foreign nationals suspected of seeking sex tourism, marking the largest single-day refusal of its kind at Medellín’s main international gateway, officials said. The individuals — nine from the United States and one from Anguilla — were stopped at José María Córdova […]

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Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro and his US counterpart Donald Trump spoke on the phone ahead of a planned meeting with Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez, the President’s Office said Thursday. In a post on social media platform X, the President’s Office said the two leaders “discussed the economic reactivation on the border [with […]

Conservative presidential candidate Paloma Valencia has chosen economist and former statistics chief Juan Daniel Oviedo as her vice-presidential running mate, a move widely interpreted as an effort by the right-wing Centro Democrático to broaden its appeal beyond its traditional conservative base ahead of Colombia’s May 31 presidential election. The […]

The Bogota appeals court sentenced attorneys Diego Cadena and Juan José Salazar to more than seven years house arrest for trying to bribe witnesses for Colombia’s former president Alvaro Uribe, their client. The appeals court ruled that Cadena, a.k.a. “the Gangsattorney,” did not jut bribe witnesses, but also committed fraud to shield Uribe and his […]

Colombia’s Supreme Court formally accused six House Representatives and ordered the arrest of two of them over their alleged involvement in the embezzlement of emergency funds. As members of the congressional Public Credit Commission, the lawmakers allegedly agreed to a compensation in exchange for approving three investment projects funded by the […]

Colombia’s high-altitude Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta has become the latest flashpoint in the country’s worsening rural security crisis, after armed clashes between illegal groups left Indigenous communities trapped in the crossfire and triggered a humanitarian evacuation mission. Authorities confirmed that at least nine wounded civilians, including two […]

Colombia’s presidential race entered a decisive new phase this week after Sunday’s inter-party primaries propelled conservative senator Paloma Valencia into the national spotlight and triggered a scramble among political factions to forge alliances ahead of the May 31 election. Valencia’s commanding performance in the right-wing “La Gran Consulta” […]

The frontrunner in Colombia’s election race, leftist Senator Ivan Cepeda, announced that Senator Aida Quilcue, a renowned indigenous leader, will be his running mate. In a video message, Cepeda said that Quilcue, 53, accepted his invitation to run for vice-president ahead of the first round on the presidential election in May. The candidate praised his […]

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Far-right Senator Paloma Valencia won Colombia’s center-right primary with 3.2 million votes on Sunday, securing significant support for her presidential bid. Valencia, a disciple of former President Alvaro Uribe, received 3.2 million of the 5.9 million votes cast in the “Great Consultation” that was held on the same day as the congressional […]

Moderate and centrist parties lost significantly against the radical left and the far-right in Colombia’s congressional elections on Sunday. The outcome will likely perpetuate tensions between Colombia’s executive and legislative branches after President Gustavo Petro, an outspoken leftist, leaves office in August. Petro’s most likely successor, the […]