Police in Colombia have detained 70 people in new anti-government protests that drew thousands of people to the streets across the South American country and left dozens of people wounded.
A helicopter carrying Colombia's President Ivan Duque and others was struck by multiple bullets in an attack on Friday (June 25), he said in a video message.
Thousands of Colombians have taken to the streets in several cities across Colombia to protest against President Ivan Duque’s policies and police brutality in the country.
Eight Venezuelan soldiers who had been kidnapped by armed groups on the Colombian border have been rescued in a military operation, the Venezuelan Defense Ministry has announced.
Colombian commandos have assassinated a former commander of the now-disbanded Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Venezuela.
People in Colombia continue to stage protests against the government of President Ivan Duque, and more deaths are being reported as a result of a crackdown by security forces in the country.
A total of 379 people went missing in Colombia over nine days of protests triggered by the now-shelved tax reform, the Movice National Movement of Victims of State Crime has announced.
Protesters and police standing on opposite sides in the Colombian capital traded rocks Thursday, amid public outrage over a planned tax reform in the country.
Eight Venezuelan soldiers have been killed in fighting with illegal Colombian armed groups along the border with Colombia, the Venezuelan Defense Ministry says.
Venezuela has set up a special military unit on its border with Colombia, following incursions by armed Colombian groups that have caused Venezuelan casualties.