"If people are going to try to kill me, ... A plantation of coca, the main ingredient in cocaine, is seen in this aerial photograph taken above Tumaco, Colombia, on Feb. 26.

Young people living on Colombia's Pacific coast, the country's main cocaine-producing region, are at risk of being recruited into the conflict -- if not by guerrilla groups, then by drug gangs. Their ...

Colombian navy soldiers patrol the streets in Tumaco, Colombia, on Feb. 19, 2020. The presence of security forces has often failed to translate to safety for the Colombian public—especially on the ...

At least 211 people were killed in Tumaco last year, according to police, compared with 147 in 2016. That gives Tumaco a homicide rate of about 102 murders per 100,000 people – roughly four ...

New Plan for Tumaco, Colombia Is Just Old Plan Repackaged by Ana María Saavedra 1 Nov 2017 2 Sep 2024. Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn; ... However, 145 people have already ...

TUMACO, Colombia—Along a muddy, unpaved path, 42-year-old María Céspedes trekked in rubber boots toward her remote home in Tumaco, a municipality in southwestern Colombia.

TUMACO, Colombia — This impoverished port town on the Pacific coast has become ground zero for the Colombian government’s U.S.-funded efforts to quell a Marxist guerrilla rebellion and ...

Among these, according to reports released by the Awá People’s Indigenous Unity Organization (Unipa), was the Deputy Governor of the Awá Inda Sabalet Reserve, Juan Orlando Moreano. For years, ...

Tumaco, Colombia: 200 killed. Skip to content Skip to site index ... The people, however, were on the Plaza and pretty well fixed for the big earthquake when it came twenty minutes later.

The Tumaco-Tolita people, who lived in an area rich in natural gold, crafted intricate and delicate metal objects until the group disappeared 1,500 years ago.

At least 20 people died and 15 others were injured when a bus overturned on the Pan-American Highway in southwestern Colombia. The bus was travelling between the port city of Tumaco, in the ...