The Latest Breaking News from Colombia

1987 Vuelta a España winner who paved way for country's racers in 1980s insisted last year he was free of any wrongdoing

Cheers erupt at each killing blow in an arena facing extinction after a landmark court ruling

The plane was flying from the airport in Cúcuta to Ocaña, a municipality surrounded by mountains, but lost communication with traffic control shortly after takeoff.

The aircraft’s final contact with air traffic control came minutes after takeoff

A small passenger plane carrying 15 people crashed in Colombia's Norte de Santander province on Wednesday, resulting in no survivors. The aircraft, operated by state-owned Satena, lost contact with air traffic control shortly after departing from Cúcuta. Local officials discovered the crash site in the village of Curasica.

Colombia has blasted Ecuador’s decision to increase transportation fees for Colombian oil

Canadian national Ryan Wedding is accused of moving cocaine to the United States and Canada and directing the killing of a federal witness in Colombia.

A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned top FBI fugitive is expected to appear in federal court on charges related to allegedly running a billion-dollar multinational drug trafficking ring and orchestrating multiple killings

Colombia’s Sierra Nevada has become a strategic prize for drug traffickers and paramilitaries, leaving its Indigenous people threatened with ‘physical and cultural extinction’

Latin America has lots of experience with private military contractors protecting foreign companies in lawless conflict zones. It seldom goes well.

From the jungles of Colombia to sailing in Croatia, our readers reflect on the life lessons travel has taught them