BOGOTA, Colombia — The family of one of the hostages the Colombian military rescued from leftist rebels Wednesday says they're excited he's coming home. ...more

July 2, 2008

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia said its military rescued former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, three U.S. military contractors and 11 other hostages from leftist rebels on Wednesday. ...more

July 2, 2008

Colombia's defense minister helicoptered into this leftist rebel stronghold with a clutch of U.S. Embassy officials and heavily armed U.S. soldiers to assert emphatically that Latin America's most enduring guerrilla army is on the run. ...more

December 14, 2007

A landslide at a makeshift mine in southern Colombia killed at least 21 people and injured 18 Saturday after local residents began digging for rumored deposits of gold, authorities said. ...more

October 14, 2007