The award was granted by the Colombian Society of Engineers.

The illegal merchandise was found in the framework of two operations, where two individuals of Nicaraguan nationality were arrested.

The group of musicians of the Colombian Navy was in charge of saying goodbye to the small members of the “Sons and Daughters of Peace Choir”.

Coast Guard units of the Colombian Navy rescued 19 people, who were adrift in the waters of the Orinoco River, near Puerto Carreño – Vichada, when the river transport ship in which they were travel

On the occasion of the wave caused by rains that has hit the country in recent weeks, the Colombian Navy supported the evacuation and rehousing in temporary shelters, of more than 250 inhabitan

The Colombian Navy in the framework of combined operations with the Brazilian Federal Police, 544 kilograms of marijuana were found by troops, which were being transported on a boat on the Amazonas

The largest fish captured was 35 cm length.

In 2008 the lionfish (Pterois volitans) was observed for the first time in the insular region.

The Colombian Navy, in an operation coordinated with the Investigation - CTI (Technical Investigations Corps) of the Attorney General's Office, arrested an Italian, who allegedly falsified a do