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A Colombian court in Bogota grants conditional release to former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso. He was held at La Picota prison while being accused of war crimes and human rights violations.
2024-05-10

A concert organized by the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra involving 16,000 musicians and choirs at the Simón Bolívar Park in Bogotá, Colombia, commemorating the progress in the country's peace process, sets a world record for the largest concert ever performed.
2022-08-28

Protests against police brutality in Colombia rage for third day in Bogotá. The death toll from the protests rise to 13 people killed.
2020-09-12

Seven people are killed and 248 others injured during protests against police brutality in Colombia, which are sparked after the death of a man who was pinned to the ground and repeatedly tasered by police in Bogotá.
2020-09-10

Riots break out at several prisons in Colombia over COVID-19 fears. Residents report explosions and gunfire inside La Modelo prison in the capital Bogotá. Inmates release a statement demanding the government allow vulnerable prisoners to be granted house arrest.
2020-03-22

A suspected terrorist bomb explosion in an Andino shopping mall's ladies bathroom in Bogotá, Colombia, kills three women and injures at least 11.
2017-06-17

Samuel Moreno Rojas, the former mayor of the Colombian capital Bogota, is jailed for 18 years for taking bribes to award ambulance contracts.
2016-03-29

200,000 people protest in Bogotá, Colombia, against government cuts in public education.
2011-11-14

Voters in Colombia go to the polls for local gubernatorial and mayoral elections, including the mayors of Bogotá, Medellín, and Cali.
2011-10-30

President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos declares a state of emergency in Colombia after ongoing floods and landslides kill at least 136 people and the flooding spreads to the capital, Bogotá.
2010-11-18