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WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The young woman was on holiday at Haynes Cay on the Colombian island of San Andrés in the Caribbean when the tragic incident took place

Omayra Sánchez Garzón was just 13-years-old when she perished in the landslide caused by the 1985 eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Armero, Tolima in Colombia

The suspects reportedly initiated the escape after calling a police officer who was guarding their cell in Bogotá, Colombia, before attacking and seriously injuring him

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Thiago, a five-year-old lad from the Colombian capital of Bogota, had been waiting with his parents when his hand got stuck in the checkout conveyor, which lead to his finger being mangled

Colombia have been one of the success stories of the Women's World Cup, stunning Germany in the group stages, and they now have a chance to end England's tournament hopes

Manuel Ranoque is the father of two of the boys and the stepdad of two girls, aged nine and 13, and is said to have been arrested in charges relating to domestic abuse after the rescue of the children from Colombia's Amazon rainforest

Cristian Montenegro has said he and his rag doll have exchanged vows in an official wedding ceremony. The 27-year-old said if it wasn't for his wife Natalia, he would be completely lonely

Cristian Castaño was bitten on the leg in the crystal clear waters of Nirvana in San Andrés in the Caribbean Sea - but was rescued and taken to a medical centre for treatment

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".

A motorist filmed the smiling cleaner as he was stunned at the similarity with the famous musician and some say he even made gestures exactly like the hip hop star

Magdalena Mucutuy Valencia managed to survive for four days after the plane she was on with her children crashed into the Colombian jungle, , and ended up telling them to save themselves for a better chance of being discovered

The key to the four siblings' remarkable survival in the Amazon jungle teeming with animals, insects and snakes was their familiarity with the rainforest's fruits

Two dogs named Tellius and Wilson became the unsung heroes behind the month-long rescue operation that saved four children lost in the Amazon jungle for 40 days, Colombian forces said on Saturday

Lesly, 13, used her "ancestral knowledge" and experience of looking after her young brothers, aged nine, four and 10 months old, to keep them alive in the Amazon rainforest, known to be one of the most inhospitable environments on the planet

The siblings were travelling with with their mother and two other adults when their plane came down on 1 May with suspected engine failure

A small aircraft was flying between Araracuara in Amazonas province and San Jose del Guaviare, a city in Guaviare province when it disappeared over two weeks ago in Colombia

An unnamed victim was murdered as he was about to enter fast-food restaurant in a city in south-west Colombia, with gunman allegedly using a weapon stolen from the National Police

An Avianca airline plane was forced to return to the Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport in San Andrés, Colombia, after being hit by a bird which caused flames to come out of an engine

María Forero, from Colombia, spent years living in agony without knowing what was causing her pain before an MRI scan revealed she had a needle sticking inside her body

The people inside the vehicle were unharmed in the collision which took place on a highway from Bogota to Medellin in the northwest, close to where Pablo Escobar's estate in Colombia

Nine people, including three children, were injured when a fairground ride in Colombia came away from its base, leaving several people trapped in the caged pods - two were taken to hospital

Katty Blake, an adult film star on OnlyFans, filmed herself conducting a sex act on a fellow performed on the Rock of Guatape - which contains a shrine to the Virgin Mary

A man compared to a 'demon' says that some people are scared of him because of his tattoos and body modifications that give him horns. Dad Raiden Kraneo Dos Caras, 25, says people on social media can be very mean and

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

Footage released shows the unnamed Brit watching on in a white T-shirt with a rucksack on his back as his suitcase was opened in front of him at a Colombian airport