The lure of even a few specks of gold compels Elizabeth Mosquera awake before dawn to slog to a muddy pit, where she wades ...

Colombia now faces the worst security and humanitarian crisis it has seen in recent ... extortion and illegal mining. Although the ELN was long considered a secondary group in Colombia's ...

Indonesia has revoked the permits of several mining companies in Raja Ampat following public outcry over environmental damage in the eastern islands. But local police said rumours of residents burning ...

In the south of Bolívar, for example, confrontations between the ex-FARC mafia’s 37th Front, the ELN, and AGC over control of illegal gold mining have provoked a humanitarian crisis, according to an ...

Mercury, which causes neurological damage in humans, including developmental problems in infants, has been detected in residents of other regions of Colombia where illegal mining has long been ...

Colombia’s deforestation dropped 33% in early 2025 compared to last year, with significant reductions in Amazon national ...

The main suspect in the kidnapping and murder of 13 gold miners in Peru has been arrested in Colombia, according to Peru’s Ministry of the Interior. Miguel Antonio Rodríguez Díaz, also known by the ...

The Attorney General’s Office of Colombia issued a communiqué on ... the capital of the western department of Valle del Cauca. Illegal mining in the Farallones National Natural Park has been ...

driven by the rapid spread of illegal roads, coca cultivation, and unregulated mining, according to a report by Colombia's procurator’s office. The independent watchdog warned of accelerating ...

Colombia’s criminal groups make over half their revenue from illegal gold mining. Both Venezuela ... In the wake of the 2007-8 financial crisis, rising U.S.-China competition, and Russia ...

Another illegal income? Mining, trafficking of humans, wildlife, timber? Extortion?” In many remote areas of Colombia, it is not economically viable to sell other crops because of high ...