Bogota - Former rebel Pablo Montoya, who killed a member of the leadership of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in search of a reward, said Tuesday he has been on hunger strike for nine days because the Colombian government did not keep its promises.
Bogota - Five people died and 26 others were injured Monday when a car bomb exploded in the south-western Colombian city of Cali, officials confirmed.
Four people were killed on the spot, while another died later in hospital following the blast in front of the city's central court building, said Interior and Justice Minister Fabio Valencia.
The dead included three homeless people, a taxi driver and a female bystander.
About 80 kilogrammes of explosives were used in the blast.
Bogota - A teacher and 120 students at a school in northern Colombia, who endured a 74-hour science lesson to raise funds for charity, want their feat to appear in the Guinness Book of Records.
The chemistry and natural science lesson started on Friday, August 8, and ended the following Monday, at the Alfonso Lopez Pumarejo school in Turbaco, in the province of Bolivar, the Bogota daily El Tiempo reported Wednesday.
The students managed to raise about 2,660 dollars for the Fundevida Foundation, which treats 70 children suffering from cancer.
In keeping with Guinness rules, the students could rest for five minutes per hour. But they opted to take longer breaks after 4-6 hours of continuous studying.
Bogota - A bomb allegedly detonated by leftist rebels killed seven people and injured 52 others in the Colombian town of Ituango, provincial authorities said Friday.
The bomb was set off by alleged members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) late Thursday in the town's main square, said Luis Alfredo Ramos, governor of the north-western Colombian province of Antioquia.
The square was full of people attending a party there at the time.
Bogota - As employees of a bank in Colombia ended their Friday shift and headed out for a welcome weekend break, they forgot to lock the main door.
On Sunday, a homeless person inadvertently nudged the door open as he leaned against it in an effort to make himself more comfortable, witnesses told police.
This immediately set off the alarm at Banco Agrario, located in a busy area full of restaurants and bars, in the city of Cartagena de Indias.
Bogota - A Colombian political leader from President Alvaro Uribe's ruling coalition was arrested Friday for alleged illegal contact with right-wing paramilitaries.
Senator Carlos Garcia, who leads the National Unity Party, was taken into custody by police in the northern city of Santa Marta on a warrant from the supreme court in Bogota.
"I am completely innocent," he told reporters.
Three former members of the since disbanded United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC) said Garcia met with AUC leaders in 2001.
Bogota - Former rebel Pablo Montoya, who killed a member of the leadership of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in search of a reward, said Tuesday he has been on hunger strike for nine days because the Colombian government did not keep its promises.
Bogota - Five people died and 26 others were injured Monday when a car bomb exploded in the south-western Colombian city of Cali, officials confirmed.
Bogota - A bomb allegedly detonated by leftist rebels killed seven people and injured 52 others in the Colombian town of Ituango, provincial authorities said Friday.
Bogota - As employees of a bank in Colombia ended their Friday shift and headed out for a welcome weekend break, they forgot to lock the main door.
Bogota - A Colombian political leader from President Alvaro Uribe's ruling coalition was arrested Friday for alleged illegal contact with right-wing paramilitaries.
