State must pay nearly $1M to victims for errors during 1996 FARC attack
The State Council has sentenced the state to pay a large sum of money for failing to take appropriate measures to prevent a 1996 FARC attack on a military base,…
The State Council has sentenced the state to pay a large sum of money for failing to take appropriate measures to prevent a 1996 FARC attack on a military base,…
Colombian armed forces rescued over 100 people held hostage by the FARC’s 34th Front in the Las Mercedes village of the Choco department on Tuesday night. The rescue mission was…
A new book to be released by a former FARC hostage claims that the HIV virus is spreading through the guerrilla group, revealed a chapter excerpted Sunday in El Espectador. Sergeant…
An elderly man took 14 people hostage in the public notary office in the town of Giron, in the Santander department, newspaper El Espectador reported Monday. The 70-year-old man entered…
Extradited FARC leader alias “Cesar,” who according to WikiLeaks tried to make a deal to free Ingrid Betancourt in exchange for his freedom, cannot be found in U.S. court records,…
Helicopters have taken off from the southern Colombian town of Florencia on their way to collect two more FARC hostages, Piedad Cordoba Tweeted Friday morning. Carrying a delegation consisting of…
The first of five FARC hostage has been successfully rescued and is on his way to Villavicencio airport, peace advocate group Colombians for Peace announced. Marcos Baquero, a former councilman…
Mediator Piedad Cordoba left Colombia for Brazil Monday to begin an operation to release five FARC hostages. Prior to departing, Cordoba said, “The success of this operation is a prelude to…
The Red Cross announced Monday that the planned release of five FARC hostages will take place on the following Monday, February 7. Hours after a press conference in which Cordoba…