Cúcuta

[ koo-koo-tah ]

noun

1. a city in E Colombia.

Cúcuta

/ ˈkukuta /

noun

1. a city in E Colombia: commercial centre of a coffee-producing region. Pop: 883 000 (2005 est) Official nameSan José de Cúcutasan xoˈse ðe

Example Sentences

In June 2021, Medina Rodriguez drove the vehicle loaded with explosives to the Cucuta base, where he pulled the detonation pin and fled the area, prosecutors said.

From Seattle Times

Cucuta is located on the border with Venezuela, where several criminal groups have fought over drug trafficking routes and used the loosely patrolled border to smuggle fuel and weapons.

From Seattle Times

According to the indictment, Medina Rodriguez and others planned a bombing attack against the Colombian 30th Army Brigade Base in Cucuta, Colombia.

From Seattle Times

Just a week ago, he said, his family were eating dinner at their home in Cúcuta, Colombia, with no intention of leaving.

From Los Angeles Times

“Migrants continue to leave Venezuela and they are not going to stop leaving because the reasons why they leave have not been solved. It continues to be a country with an economic and humanitarian crisis,” said Ana Karina García, a Venezuelan lawyer and director of the Fundación Juntos Se Puede, with offices in Bogotá and Cúcuta, in northeastern Colombia.

From Los Angeles Times