A military dog is being hailed as a hero in Colombia after detecting a bomb planted by guerrilla fighters that exploded during a military operation, authorities said, adding that the wounded canine’s actions saved the lives of dozens of soldiers and civilians. The incident was announced just two days after a bomb strapped to a … Read more
The alleged mastermind behind the shooting of conservative Colombian senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay was taken into custody Saturday, nearly a month after the attack, law enforcement authorities said. Elder José Arteaga Hernández, who uses the aliases “Chipi” or “Costeño,” was arrested in a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the capital, Bogota, … Read more
The Colombian navy on Wednesday announced its first seizure of an unmanned “narco sub” equipped with a Starlink antenna off its Caribbean coast. The semisubmersible vessel was not carrying drugs, but the Colombian navy and Western security sources based in the region told AFP they believed it was a trial run by a cocaine … Read more
Colombian police said Monday that a reward had led them to the suspected killers of a noted Italian scientist whose dismembered remains were found scattered around the Caribbean resort city of Santa Marta in April. Alessandro Coatti, 42, worked for Britain’s Royal Society of Biology as a science policy officer whose job included giving evidence … Read more