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Rescue workers search through the rubble of a collapsed building the day after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, August 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
August 11, 2026, 6:52 pm
Colombia searches for over 3,000 missing after a powerful quake kills more than 170
Families seek information about loved ones on citizen-run sites as soldiers, rescue personnel dig through rubble of buildings destroyed by 7.4-magnitude earthquake
By MARKO ÁLVAREZ, ASTRID SUAREZ and MEGAN JANETSKY
Then-presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella of the opposition Defenders of the Motherland movement arrives to vote with his family during the runoff election in Barranquilla, Colombia, June 21, 2026. (AP/Ivan Valencia)
June 22, 2026, 5:32 am
Pro-Israel candidate holds razor-thin lead in Colombia’s election; rival challenges vote
Pro-Trump Abelardo de la Espriella leads progressive Iván Cepeda in election focused on rising crime; right-wing candidate has pledged to renew Israel ties broken by outgoing president
By regina garcia cano and ASTRID SUAREZ
Kfir aircraft of the Colombian Air Force overfly a Colombian flag during a ceremony commemorating Colombia's Independence Day in Bogota on July 20, 2021. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP)
May 3, 2024, 11:46 am
How cutting ties with Israel could hamstring Colombia’s military, ground Air Force
Jerusalem is sole provider of maintenance to Colombia’s aging fleet of Israeli-made Kfir fighter jets, and a key supplier of other arms, cyber security; trade will also be harmed
By ASTRID SUAREZ
Former rebel Gustavo Petro and his running mate Francia Marquez, celebrate before supporters after winning a runoff presidential election in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, June 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
June 20, 2022, 3:16 am
Former rebel wins Colombia election, becoming country’s first leftist president
Gustavo Petro defeats real estate magnate Rodolfo Hernández by a slim majority amid widespread discontent over rising inequality, inflation and violence
By regina garcia cano and ASTRID SUAREZ
In this photo released by the Colombian presidential press office, one of the country’s most wanted drug traffickers, Dairo Antonio Usuga, alias “Otoniel,” leader of the violent Clan del Golfo cartel, is presented to the media at a military base in Necocli, Colombia, October 23, 2021. (Colombian presidential press office via AP)
October 24, 2021, 9:47 am
Colombia’s most wanted drug lord captured by special forces in jungle
Dairo Antonio Úsuga, aka Otoniel, was protected by 8 rings of security at his hideout; 500 soldiers participate in raid; he used corrupt officials to stay on the run for a decade
By ASTRID SUAREZ and Joshua Goodman
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