Colombia News » Arauca News Colombia » Arauca » Culture: Fresh violence forces locals to flee eastern Colombia's Arauca region
News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/news/stories/fresh-violence-forces-locals-flee-eastern-colombias-arauca-region
Published on: Sunday 24 June 2007
ARAUQUITA, Colombia, June 25 (UNHCR) - By nine in the evening, the stores and bars of Arauquita are shuttered and the streets are deserted. Oddly for Colombia, there is no music anywhere in this small ...
News Colombia » Arauca » Culture: Colombia Says it Killed 23 Members of Armed Groups, Including One Leader, in Arauca
News channel or source: https://www.voanews.com/a/colombia-says-it-killed-23-members-of-armed-groups-including-one-leader-in-arauca-/6459147.html
Published on: Thursday 24 February 2022
A bombardment carried out by Colombia's armed forces killed 23 FARC dissidents on Thursday as part of a military offensive to seize control of an area in the northeast of the country which sits on the ...
News Colombia » Arauca » Culture: Some 2,000 Colombians flee irregular armed groups in Arauca
News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing-notes/some-2000-colombians-flee-irregular-armed-groups-arauca
Published on: Monday 21 January 2008
Some 2,000 people have fled the countryside to take refuge in cities and villages after receiving threats from irregular armed groups in the north-eastern Colombian region of Arauca. Around half are ...