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latinamericareports.com | Alfie Pannell
Bogotá, Colombia — Colombian authorities are trying to contain a Yellow Fever Outbreak following President Gustavo Petro’s declaration of a health emergency on April 15. The Pan American Health Organization recorded twice as many cases in the Americas in the first three months of 2025 compared to all of 2024, noting a “particularly concerning” situation in Tolima, Colombia.
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thebogotapost.com | Alfie Pannell
Colombian authorities are trying to contain a Yellow Fever Outbreak following President Gustavo Petro’s declaration of a health emergency on April 15. The Pan American Health Organization recorded twice as many cases in the Americas in the first three months of 2025 compared to all of 2024, noting a “particularly concerning” situation in Tolima, Colombia. Since September 2024, Colombia has recorded 85 cases and 38 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health, representing a 44% mortality rate.
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thebogotapost.com | Alfie Pannell
The Colombian government announced on Saturday a “peace zone” agreed with the Frente 33 FARC dissident group, which has been engaged in fierce clashes with the National Liberation Army (ELN) since January in the northeast Catatumbo region. President Gustavo Petro declared on X that “Catatumbo’s peace begins” with the deal, which will see the guerrillas concentrate in an area of the Tibú municipality.
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miamiherald.com | Alfie Pannell
Nineteen police officers and 12 soldiers have been killed by armed groups in Colombia since April 15, in what President Gustavo Petro has called a “plan pistola” – a tactic popularized by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar that seeks to terrorize law enforcement. According to police, armed groups are putting cash bounties on officers’ heads, a strategy Escobar used in the 1990s during peak cartel violence.
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yahoo.com | Alfie Pannell
Nineteen police officers and 12 soldiers have been killed by armed groups in Colombia since April 15, in what President Gustavo Petro has called a “plan pistola” – a tactic popularized by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar that seeks to terrorize law enforcement. According to police, armed groups are putting cash bounties on officers’ heads, a strategy Escobar used in the 1990s during peak cartel violence.
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