JAMBALO, COLOMBIA — After word spread across this Indian reservation that seven people had been kidnapped by leftist rebels, the community’s unarmed “indigenous guard” sprang into action. Within ...

TORIBIO, Colombia (AP) — One of the stiffest blows in years to the prestige of Colombia's military wasn't inflicted by its leftist rebel foes and didn't claim a single soldier's life. It was dealt by ...

BOGOTA (AlertNet) - Many of Colombia's indigenous people are at risk of disappearing unless the government does more to protect them from increasing abuses that have forced thousands to flee their ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Hundreds of Indians in Colombia armed with little more than wooden staffs have corralled several Marxist guerrillas and intend to bring them to justice for the killing of two ...

Fighting between Colombia's army, left-wing rebels and drug smuggling groups is forcing increasing numbers of indigenous people to flee their homes BOGOTA (AlertNet) - Violence by armed groups has ...

Eleven Wiwa Indians killed by lightning during a tribal ceremony in Colombia's Sierra Nevada mountains will be left unburied where they died according to their traditions, an official said Sunday. The ...

BOGOTÁ—A protest by U'wa Indians that has shut down Colombia's second-longest oil pipeline for a month and cost the government more than $130 million will continue after Friday talks aimed at ending ...

*Uribe pledges tough response to FARC killings *FARC says executed eight Indians for spying *Intelligence report says FARC planning to boost attacks (Recasts, adds security service report) By Helen ...

TORIBIO, Colombia (AP) – One of the stiffest blows in years to the prestige of Colombia’s military wasn’t inflicted by its leftist rebel foes and didn’t claim a single soldier’s life. It was dealt by ...