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51 killed, 24 injured in Colombian prison riot fire
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], June 29 (ANI): At least 51 prisoners were killed and 24, including an unspecified number of guards were injured on Tuesday in a blaze at a prison in the western Colombian city of Tolua, after inmates rioted and set fire to mattresses.
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At least 49 dead in prison riot in Colombia, says prison agency
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], June 28 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 49 inmates died and 30 were injured after a fire broke out during an overnight riot in a prison in the southwestern Colombian city of Tulua, the country's prison agency said on Tuesday.
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Wooden stands collapse during Colombian bullfight, 4 dead
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], June 27 (ANI): During a bullfight that took place in Central Colombia on Sunday, an unprecedented collapse of wooden stands killed 4 and injured hundreds.
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Colombian president-elect names foreign minister
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], June 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro on Saturday named Alvaro Leyva Duran as the foreign minister in his cabinet, ahead of Petro's inauguration in August.
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Gustavo Petro wins Colombia's presidency
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Gustavo Petro was elected president of Colombia on Sunday after defeating independent candidate Rodolfo Hernandez in the second round of elections in a very close race, the state-run National Civil Registry reported.
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At least 4 people killed by explosion in Colombia
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): At least four people were killed by an explosion in the Colombian town of Cartagena del Chaira in the department of Caqueta, the Colombian government reported on Friday.
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Colombia to hold Presidential runoff, Petro ahead in first round
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], May 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Right-wing presidential candidate Federico Gutierrez is not making it into the second round of the presidential election in Colombia, according to results from the National Electoral Council released after 91.66 percent of the ballots were counted.
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Colombia to drop mandatory face mask requirement in schools
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Colombian schools can drop the mandatory use of face masks in enclosed spaces if they meet the criteria starting on May 16, in light of the favorable COVID-19 epidemiological situation over the past two weeks, the Ministry of Health announced Friday
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'SNL' honours late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins with special tribut
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 3 (ANI): Following the recent Weekend Update of 'Saturday Night Live', the show paid tribute to Taylor Hawkins, the longtime Foo Fighters drummer who was found dead at the age of 50 in a hotel room in Bogota, Colombia on March 25.
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21,000 passengers affected, 136 flights canceled in Colombia after plane's
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], March 31 (ANI/Xinhua): More than 21,000 passengers were affected and 136 flights were cancelled in Colombia, following the emergency landing of a commercial plane at a major airport near the city of Medellin, Civil Aviation Director Jair Orlando Fajardo said Wednesday.
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Explosives attack in Bogota leaves one child dead, several others injured
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], March 28 (ANI/Sputnik): One child died and over ten other people were injured in an explosion next to a police station in Colombia's capital Bogota, the city's mayor, Claudia Lopez Hernandez, said.
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Colombian defence minister blames former FARC members for Amazon forest fi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], February 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano claimed that former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) set fire to the country's Amazon rainforests to clear areas for extensive stockbreeding and coca production.
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