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FARC dissidents open fire against a prison convoy in Cauca Department, Colombia, killing two prison guards and serial killer Manuel Octavio Bermúdez. Six others are wounded.
2024-10-17

Twenty people are killed and 14 others are injured after a bus flips over while travelling between Pasto and Popayan, Colombia.
2022-10-15

Six soldiers are killed and five others are injured in a bombing in north-western Antioquia Department, Colombia. The Clan del Golfo is suspected to be behind the attack.
2022-04-20

A shooting at a billiard hall in El Tarra, Colombia, kills nine people. Local media blames a feud between two left-wing rebel groups, who both deny responsibility.
2018-07-31

Colombian investigators release their final report on the 2016 disaster, which killed 71 including most of the Associação Chapecoense de Futebol team. The report blames mismanagement leading to fuel exhaustion, noting the aircraft departed without adequate fuel.
2018-04-27

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos signs a decree fully legalizing medical marijuana. Growers must apply to the National Narcotics Council for a license. Earlier, Colombia decriminalized personal possession of up to 20 grams.
2015-12-22

The President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro orders the border with Colombia at the town of San Antonio del Táchira closed for three days after three soldiers are attacked while looking for smugglers.
2015-08-20

Twenty-three oil workers are kidnapped in eastern Colombia with FARC rebels the most likely suspects.
2011-03-7

Colombian security forces rescue two senior police officers and a soldier held hostage since 1 November 1998, among the longest-held captives; a fourth hostage is later rescued.
2010-06-14

Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez almost come to blows at the Rio Group summit in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, with Uribe taunting Chávez "Be a man! … you're a coward face-to-face! Stay and argue face-to-face!" and Chávez responding with a simple "Go to Hell!" The Summit also announces the creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.
2010-02-22