All ten of the FARC-held hostages will be released in the first recovery operation, Gloria Cuartas, spokesperson for hostage mediators Colombians for Peace, told local media Monday. Hostages profiles Luis…
Colombian security forces discovered three weapons caches believed to belong to Colombia’s largest guerrilla group the FARC, according to a military press release Sunday. The hidden stockpiles were found in…
The operation to release five hostages held by the FARC for more than 12 years has begun despite an initial delay due to rain. The Brazilian helicopter carrying hostage release…
The operation to release five of ten hostages guerrilla group FARC promised to release has been delayed because of rain. The helicopter that will pick up the captive members of…
Colombian congressmen Ivan Cepeda and German Navas asked Colombia’s Prosecutor General to investigate the judge who lifted the international arrest warrant for Colombia’s ex-peace commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo, said local…
Colombia’s Inspector General banned seven city councillors from office for 18 years after finding them guilty of coercing two colleagues at gunpoint, said local media Friday. According to reports, Oromario…
Police captured 15 suspected members of the neoparamilitary drug traffickers the “Urabeños,” in Colombia’s northern department of Cordoba, said local media Thursday. According to reports, authorities captured the criminals in…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos celebrated two recent military operations as historic blows against the country’s largest guerrilla group, in a government press release Thursday. Last week Colombian security forces…
Colombian weapons manufacturer Indumil reported a 130% increase in exports in 2011, in a press release Wednesday. The company reported $3.7 million in weapons sales to foreign clients in 2011,…