Extradited soldier acquitted in US court
Former soldier Julio Cesar Parga Rivas, who has been held in a U.S. jail on narco-trafficking charges since March 18, 2009, has been acquitted of all charges, the regional newspaper…
Former soldier Julio Cesar Parga Rivas, who has been held in a U.S. jail on narco-trafficking charges since March 18, 2009, has been acquitted of all charges, the regional newspaper…
Juan Bautista Agreda Chindoy, an indigenous healer from Colombia’s Valle de Sibundoy, was arrested in Houston airport, U.S., El Tiempo reports. On October 19 the medicine man travelled to the…
Ecopetrol announced Tuesday it has discovered oil in Colombia’s central department of Meta. The state-owned oil firm’s press release states that the well is just over a kilometer in depth and…
A study by Llorente & Cuenca indicates that 95% of Colombia’s business that are listed on the stock market have a poor Internet presence, financial paper Portafolio reported Tuesday. Only…
Seven tons of marijuana were seized in rural municipalities in the central Colombian department of Caldas over Halloween weekend, RCN Radio reports. The Caldas government secretary, Henry Murillo Arboleda, said…
A group of students at Washington D.C.’s Georgetown University “alerted” the United States Department of Justice about former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe’s violations of human rights, Caraco Radio reports. Under…
Cali’s second International Film Festival (FICC) starts Friday and will show more than 300 films from around the world, according to newspaper El Espectador. Cali aims to be the centre of…
A Colombian soldier is suspected of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl on October 2, in the Arauca department, close to the site where three children were killed earlier this month,…
A report by human rights groups on Thursday states that at least 22 activists were murdered in the first 75 days of the government of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos,…