All news on the topic: Gustavo Petro

Colombian President Gustavo Petro authorized a service on Monday to detect traces of Pegasus spyware on civilian phones, following his announcement last week that the National Police had acquired the Israeli spyware to conduct illegal interceptions during a massive social uprising in 2021.

Four young children have been released from hospital, after spending 40 days surviving in the Colombian jungle against the threat of snakes, jaguars and drug gangs. Colombian President Gustavo Petro hailed the rescue effort as the beginning of a "new Colombia".

The children were stranded in the remote part of Colombia after the plane crashed, killing their mother - now they have been reunited with their wider family after somehow surviving the ordeal

The four siblings, all members of the Uitoto indigenous community, were flying over the Colombian rainforest on May 1 when their Cessna aircraft crashed into the forest canopy after a suspected engine failure

General Henry Sanabria further claimed the infamous cocaine trafficker in Colombia, Pablo Escobar, was brought down through the use of spiritual rituals and exorcisms

President Gustavo Petro confirmed the names of the four service people killed in the crash after footage appeared on social media showing the helicopter falling out of the sky in Colombia

A buildup of methane gas has caused a series of mines in Sutatausa, a municipality in Colombia, to explode killing at least 11 workers, injuring nine and leaving 10 others trapped underground