Central Colombia police tortured coworkers
Colombia’s Inspector General has barred four Colombian police from service for ten years for the kidnapping and torture of two police assistants, said a government press release Monday. According to…
Colombia’s Inspector General has barred four Colombian police from service for ten years for the kidnapping and torture of two police assistants, said a government press release Monday. According to…
The lawyer for Colombia’s fugitive ex-peace commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo said his client wouldn’t return to Colombia until the government could guarantee his security, reported La W Monday. Last Friday…
Bogota’s Government Secretary Antonio Navarro Wolff said guerrilla groups are infiltrating Colombian universities, according to local media reports Monday. Navarro’s comments come after the death of a student in the…
Colombia’s National Disaster Management Agency said 8,200 Colombians have been affected by heavy rains brought on by the weather phenomena know as La Niña, in a report by the agency…
Three Colombian university students have died in a bomb making accident, reported local media Sunday. Oscar Arcos, Daniel Andres Garzon, and another person identified as Zaida died in an explosion…
Colombia’s Deputy Defense Minister accepted the FARC’s postponement of the release of ten hostages held by the group, said local media Sunday. In a meeting in Bogota Sunday, Deputy Defense Minister…
The Colombian government rejected a recent homage conducted in Caracas Venezuela to a deceased FARC co-founder, in a government press release Sunday. The press release said, “The Colombian Government rejects…
Former Colombian finance minister Jose Antonio Ocampo declared his candidacy for presidency of the World Bank Wednesday, one of only two non-U.S. candidates to run this year. In an email…
Fearing invasive pests, the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) has rejected large quantities of fruit from Chile and the United States. In a press release on their site, ICA said it…