Ex-FARC hostage seeks asylum in France
Liberated FARC hostage Pablo Emilio Moncayo is trying to flee Colombia because he and his family have received death threats by telephone and over the Internet. The former hostage’s father, Gustavo…
Liberated FARC hostage Pablo Emilio Moncayo is trying to flee Colombia because he and his family have received death threats by telephone and over the Internet. The former hostage’s father, Gustavo…
Police commissioner General Oscar Naranjo announced Friday that General Luis Mendieta, rescued in June from twelve years in FARC captivity, will be police attache at the Embassy of Colombia in…
In an interview with a French newspaper, former-hostage Ingrid Betancourt justified the $6.5 million compensation request she made against the Colombian state in July for failing to prevent her kidnapping,…
At 6.09 am Tuesday an armed man had been holding his wife and three sons hostage in his house in the south of the Colombian capital of Bogota since 8…
Colombian guerrilla organization the ELN released four female hostages in the north east border department of Norte de Santander Colombia, after 14 days in captivity, according to official sources cited…
A New York court sentenced the FARC guerrilla responsible for incarcerating Colombian-French hostage Ingrid Betancourt, along with three American contractors to 27 years prison on charges of drug-trafficking. Gerardo Aguilar Ramirez,…
Former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt renounced her petition for damages from the French government, after she was offered almost $600,000 in compensation for the six years she spent in the…
Colombia has seen an outpouring of hatred following former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt’s attempt to claim damages from the Colombian government for the six years she spent in guerrilla captivity.…
In separate lawsuits, four former FARC political hostages seek damages from the Colombian state for its alleged failure to provide them with adequate security, to the combined value of almost…