TUMACO, Colombia, Dec 23 (Reuters) - In a clearing of Colombia's Pacific jungle, the dense canopy encircles an area of desolation left by a clandestine refinery, where oil waste blackens ...

notably a 2017 incident in which seven farmers were killed when police swooped in to destroy coca plantings in a jungle clearing in Tumaco township, in western Colombia. The country’s president ...

“Once the illegal device was located, military personnel found two individuals in poor health conditions on the outside of the vessel,” Colombia ... municipality of Tumaco, “where they ...

Business continues to thrive even as Colombians risk arrest and jail time. TUMACO, Colombia—Along a muddy, unpaved path, 42-year-old María Céspedes trekked in rubber boots toward her remote ...

Authorities say they seized a narco-submarine 45 miles from Tumaco, Colombia, that was transporting three tons of cocaine over the weekend. Authorities say they seized a narco-submarine 45 miles ...

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"The jungle saved them," Petro said. "They are children of the jungle, and now they are also children of Colombia." ...

“They are children of the jungle, and now they are also children of Colombia.” The children – ages 13, 9, 4, and 11 months – are members of the Huitoto people who had been traveling with ...

Although they left no written records, the Tumaco-Tolita (also spelled Tumaco ... and fourth centuries near what is now the border of Colombia and Ecuador in the Cayapas River delta area.