Eleven killed in fighting in Colombia

October 5th, 2009 BOGOTA - Nine people were killed when the passenger bus in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary truck in southeastern Colombia, police said. The accident took place on the road linking the Colombian towns of Puerto Lopez and Puerto Gaitan Sunday.

September 30th, 2009 Gunman on horseback slays councilman in ColombiaBOGOTA — Colombian authorities say a gunman on horseback killed a town councilman and wounded an 11-year-old boy in the country's southeast. The president of the national councilman's federation, Fabior Estrada, says the slain politician, 41-year-old German Herrera, was the president of the town council in Castillo and a father of four.

August 5th, 2009 Chavez: Venezuela to buy more tanksCARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez says his government plans to buy dozens of tanks because Venezuela feels threatened by pending deal to increase the U.S. military presence in Colombia.

July 29th, 2009 BOGOTA - Five civilians were killed and five injured in attacks launched by rebels in northwest Colombia, authorities said Tuesday. Tatiana Valencia, representative of the local government, said the attacks were launched by the Revolutionary Armed Force of Colombia (FARC), which has not been confirmed yet.

July 18th, 2009 BOGOTA - Thirteen leftist rebels were killed in fighting with the security forces in central Colombia, a media report said. The fighting between Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country's largest rebel group, and the security forces took place in the central Meta province Friday.

June 9th, 2009 BOGOTA - Thousands of people have been evacuated after a volcano erupted in southwestern Colombia. The Galeras Volcano erupted twice in the past two days.

May 31st, 2009 BOGOTA - Fierce battles between the Colombian military and Marxist guerillas left 14 people dead in the latest fighting. There were few details about the fighting in La Macarena National Park in the southern Colombian jungle, where five soldiers and five rebels were slain, the military said.

May 4th, 2009 CARACAS - A Venezuelan military helicopter crashed near the country's border with Colombia killing 18 soldiers, President Hugo Chavez said Sunday. One general, 16 soldiers and one civilian died in the crash, Chavez said on Alo Presidente (Hello President), his weekly broadcast to the nation.

April 9th, 2009 BOGOTA - Eight people were killed and four wounded in clashes between two rival gangs in the northwestern Colombia, the police said Wednesday. Members of La 39 and La Galeras gangs, which work for drug traffickers, clashed between them in the city of Medellin following an attack on a salon in the La Pradera neighborhood that killed two youths and injured one, the police said.

February 9th, 2009 BOGOTA - At least 18 people have been killed by leftist rebels in a settlement in Colombia, EFE news agency reported Tuesday. According to the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC), the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas have killed at least 18 Awa Indians in recent days in southwestern Colombia's Narino province.

January 27th, 2009 BOGOTA - A former guerrilla of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has revealed that at least 300 kidnapped people were killed by the group in the jungles of Colombia. The former rebel gave the information to a local radio programme 'The Voices of the Kidnapping', which works for the liberation of hostages in Colombia.

January 24th, 2009 ANKARA - Eleven people were killed Sunday in an avalanche which trapped a group of mountaineers in northeast Turkey, the NTV television station reported. A group of 17 mountaineers from the Black Sea city of Trabzon were walking in the Zigana mountains about 50 km south of Trabzon when they were hit by an avalanche Sunday morning.

January 13th, 2009 BOGOTA - Four people were killed and 11 others injured by Colombian rebels in southern Narino Province, EFE reported Tuesday. An official said the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country's largest leftist guerrilla group, attacked two villages, killing four people including children at around 12.30 p.m.

January 1st, 2009 BOGOTA - At least five people were killed and 65 wounded during a New Year's celebration in northern Colombia, police officials said Thursday. The victims were almost all members of the Indio ethnic group, the Kanukana, who live in Atanquez.

December 26th, 2008 BOGOTA - Five people including a former rebel have been shot dead in northwesten Colombia, local media reported Friday quoting police. The people were killed on Christmas day as they were driving to their country house in Arauca province.