Catholic Church to coordinate hostage releases
I In recent meetings with Senator Piedad Cordoba, and the Uribe Government, it has been decided that the Colombia’s Catholic Church will lead the rapprochement with the FARC to…
I In recent meetings with Senator Piedad Cordoba, and the Uribe Government, it has been decided that the Colombia’s Catholic Church will lead the rapprochement with the FARC to…
Medellin’s new security plan aims to halt killings and drug wars between gangs, and 200 members of the Judicial Police will descend upon the city to carry out research and…
Senator Hernán Andrade said that the four party candidates agree, although candidate Andres Felipe Arias said he was still insisting “that the meeting of 27 September [be held]”. Senator Andrade…
Fuschia magazine readers elected the writer and actress Colombian Woman of the Year for 2009. Santodomingo was honored at an event held at the Salto del Angel Bar in Bogota.…
Aprosecutor for the National Unity Against Kidnapping and Extortion said that Heli ‘Martin Sombra’ Mejia Mendoza, would be charged with the crimes of conspiracy and aggravated kidnapping for ransom. U.S.…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General will lay charges against John Jairo ‘El Tige’ Esquivel Cuadrado for his role in the El Salado slaughter of February 2000, in which 61 people were killed.…
Colombia’s National Electoral Council ruled Tuesday that the Conservative Party illegally canceled choosing their own presidential candidate on September 11. The high court was considering a challenge made by presidential…
Several candidates for the 2010 presidential election Tuesday vowed there will be no corruption or influence of illegal armed groups in their campaigns. Presidential hopeful Andrés Felipe Arias, pledged that…
An attack by guerrillas of the FARC left a number of villages in the east Colombian Arauca department without electricity. The attack took place Tuesday in La Cabuya and damaged…