Russia releases Israeli mercenary
Israeli mercenary Yair Klein has been released from prison in Russia and is being repatriated to Israel despite repeated efforts by Colombian authorities to have him extradited, reports Caracol Radio.…
Israeli mercenary Yair Klein has been released from prison in Russia and is being repatriated to Israel despite repeated efforts by Colombian authorities to have him extradited, reports Caracol Radio.…
The U.S. announces that it will give $50,000 as the first part of a donation to help victims of Colombia’s devastating rainy season, reports RCN. President Juan Manuel Santos and his…
Minister of the Interior Vargas Lleras said that his predecessor, Fabio Valencia Cossio, signed an “avalanche” new contracts before the end of the Uribe administration, reports El Espectador. The current…
Colombian authorities arrested 23 members of the infamous narco-trafficking group “Los Rastrojos” in several municipalities in the departments of Cauca, Valle del Cauca, and Antioquia, reports El Espectador. The prosecutor…
The bodies of 17 suspected FARC guerrillas were recovered from a bomb site in the the town of Ipiales in southern Colombia, following an bombing raid by the air force,…
Colombia’s Foreign Ministry says it will continue efforts to have Israeli mercenary Yair Klein extradited to Colombia. Klein has been convicted in Colombia for training paramilitaries and drug gangs, including…
The Colombian government awarded 78 exploration blocks to 40 companies to search for and exploit hydrocarbon resources in the country. The decision follows a process of adjudication by the National…
Colombian Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera said that the military has launched an internal investigation into the death of a 5-year-old boy killed in crossfire between the Colombian army and guerrillas,…
Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño said that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) decision to investigate Ecuador’s complaint over Colombia’s 2008 cross-border raid should not affect the restoration of…