Rescuers race to find Colombia earthquake survivors as death toll rises
Over 1,100 homes were destroyed when Colombia was struck by its strongest earthquake on record.
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Over 1,100 homes were destroyed when Colombia was struck by its strongest earthquake on record.
The 7.4 magnitude earthquake's epicenter was in San José del Palmar, about 250 miles west of Colombia's capital, Bogota, officials said.
The hippos are the descendants of four brought to the country in the 1980s by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar as he built a private zoo.
The U.S. State Department said Clan del Golfo is a "violent and powerful criminal organization" that uses cocaine trafficking to fund violent activities.
Four people were taken into custody in Lodi on Thursday morning in connection with a string of burglaries across California.
Fabio Ochoa arrived at Bogota's El Dorado airport on a deportation flight on Monday, wearing a grey sweatshirt and carrying his personal belongings in a plastic bag.
Argentina won its second straight Copa America championship, overcoming Lionel Messi's second-half leg injury to beat Colombia 1-0 on Lautaro Martínez's 112th-minute goal.
Fans appeared to breach the security gates at Hard Rock Stadium hours before the Copa America final between Argentina and Colombia.
Scientists studying a Colombian family plagued by early-in-life Alzheimer's have found a rare gene variant that seems to delay initial symptoms by about five years.
Officials released dramatic video of the chase, during which the crew allegedly "began evasive actions, throwing packages into the water."
The "holy grail" of shipwrecks has been controversial since it was discovered, because it is both an archaeological and economic treasure.
Julio Andres Murillo Figueroa was considered the main supplier to the "Swedish Pablo Escobar" and had direct links to Colombia's largest drug cartel, police said.
The Colombian navy released images of the seizure of the sub, as well as video showing officers unloading bundles of the alleged narcotics.
After seeing authorities closing in, the crew members on one vessel "fled the scene, leaving the boat abandoned," the Colombian Navy said.
The Colombian Navy released a video of the seizure, showing an officer cutting open packages and testing the contents in a vial.
Since January, Colombia has been labeled a country that Americans should "reconsider travel" to.
The San Jose is believed to hold 11 million gold and silver coins, emeralds and other precious cargo, which could be worth billions of dollars if ever recovered.
The two unrelated incidents resulted in the seizure of nearly 1,000 pounds of cocaine.
There was enough cocaine found on board for about 8,000 doses, with an estimated value of more than $111 million, officials said.
The boat was manned by three people and had over one ton of cocaine on board.
The four Indigenous children who survived for weeks after their plane crashed have shared limited but harrowing details of the ordeal with their family members.
Colombia's president said the authorities have found alive the four children who survived a small plane crash 40 days ago.
The plane went down more than two weeks ago. President Gustavo Petro said "military forces and Indigenous communities will continue in their tireless search."
In all, seven arrests were made and more than 700,000 doses of the drug were seized, officials said.
Almost 5,800 pounds of cocaine, worth more than $87 million, was found on board the roughly 50-foot-long submarine, officials said.
