BOGOTA, Colombia—A mudslide in central Colombia killed at least 14 people early Tuesday and blocked a highway that connects Bogota to the nation’s eastern plains, officials said. The avalanche of mud and debris took down several homes in Quetame, a municipality located an hour’s drive southeast of Bogota. It was unleashed by heavy rains that…

BOGOTA, Colombia—The four Indigenous children who survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed have shared limited but harrowing details of their ordeal with their family, including that their mother survived the crash for days before she died. The kids, aged 13, 9 and 4 years and 11 months, are expected to…

Four Indigenous children survived an Amazon plane crash that killed three adults and then braved the jungle for 40 days before being found alive by Colombian soldiers, bringing a happy ending to a search-and-rescue saga that captivated a nation and forced the usually opposing military and Indigenous people to work together. Cassava flour and some…

BOGOTA—Four Indigenous children who were missing for more than five weeks in a jungle in Colombia’s south following a deadly plane crash arrived in the capital Bogota early on Saturday for medical treatment. The siblings were found on Friday in Colombia’s Caqueta Province according to the country’s armed forces and were initially treated by military…

BOGOTA—Four children from an Indigenous community in Colombia were found alive in the country’s south on Friday more than five weeks after the plane they were traveling in crashed in thick jungle, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said. The siblings were rescued by the military near the border between Colombia’s Caqueta and Guaviare provinces, close to…

BOGOTA, Colombia—The discovery in recent days of small footprints in a southern jungle-covered part of Colombia has rekindled hope of finding alive four children who survived a small plane crash and went missing a month ago. Searchers found footprints Tuesday about 2 miles ( 3.2 kilometers) northwest of where the plane crashed May 1 with…

The federal government is advising Canadians travelling to Jamaica and Colombia to exercise a “high degree of caution” while there and to avoid certain areas in both countries due to rising rates of crime and kidnappings in those vicinities. The government’s warnings come shortly after the U.S. State Department called on U.S. citizens to “reconsider travel” to Jamaica and…

PANAMA CITY—A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck Wednesday night in the Caribbean Sea just off the Panama-Colombia border, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There was no immediate word on whether were any injuries or damage in the nearby areas, which are not densely populated. The USGS said the quake was centered…

The U.S. State Department issued several travel warnings to Americans about visiting several South American or Caribbean countries due to a rise in crime and kidnappings. Namely, the agency last week called on U.S. citizens to “reconsider travel” to Jamaica and Colombia due to crime. It also said that the threat of terrorism is elevated in…

BOGOTA—Four children from an Indigenous community in Colombia were found alive in the south of the country more than two weeks after the plane they were traveling in crashed in a thick jungle, President Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday. The children were rescued by members of the military, firefighters, and civil aviation authority officials in…