Latin America and Caribbean

  • Colombia: Comando Específico de Norte de Santander prevented two terrorist attacks against military units

    July 30, 2022

    Quick and timely actions of soldiers of Comando Específico de Norte de Santander prevented two terrorist attacks against the La Esmeralda military base, in the zona rural de Convención, and the La Esperanza military base, in El Tarra, Norte de Santander. The first incident that apparently would be carried out by members of the ELN occurred ...

  • Colombia: The threat of a terrorist operation against military base in Aguachica, Cesar, was neutralized

    July 27, 2022

    In the midst of the security work in the sector, the soldiers noticed the suspicious presence of a truck that was being parked by two individuals on the road. These men, realizing the work of the troops, escaped. Soldiers of the National Army carried out the neutralization of a terrorist operation against the Military Base on ...

  • Colombia: Former President of Colombia visits CMAC’s headquarters

    June 8, 2022

    Andrés Pastrana Arango, former President of the Republic of Colombia and current President of the Centrist Democrat International (CDI), paid a visit to the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC)’s headquarters in Phnom Penh earlier this week. He was warmly received by Heng Ratana, Director General of CMAC and many other senior CMAC officials. The former Colombian president ...

  • Colombian Soldiers To Train Ukrainian Troops On De-mining Operations Amid War

    May 24, 2022

    Amid the war between Russia and Ukraine, a team of Colombian soldiers will be travelling to Europe to train Ukrainian troops on de-mining techniques. The announcement has been made by the Colombian Defence Minister Diego Molano, Sky News reported. He said that 11 military engineers of Colombo will be heading to a neighbouring country of ...

  • Colombia: At least one injured by explosion of a car bomb in Argelia

    May 2, 2022

    At least one person was injured by the explosion of a car bomb that destroyed the headquarters of the Mayor’s Office of the Colombian municipality of Argelia, in the department of Cauca, authorities said Monday. The attack, which took place at midnight on Sunday, also caused damage to the municipal House of Culture and the surrounding ...

  • Colombian army says 6 soldiers killed in IED attack in Antioquia department

    April 20, 2022

    At least six Colombian soldiers have been killed in a bombing in the country’s northwest, the army said, attributing the attack to accused drug traffickers who are active in the area. Another five soldiers were injured and one remains missing after the attack, which took place around midnight Tuesday in the Antioquia department and was blamed ...