Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 19, 2013 | News
Colombia’s second largest rebel group ELN has kidnapped five gold mine employees to force the government to include the guerrillas in peace talks currently held with the larger FARC group, said the country’s military...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 17, 2013 | News
Two Colombian soldiers have been arrested after they were caught transporting half a ton of cocaine, authorities said Thursday. The lieutenant and his subordinate were caught with 410 kilograms of the illicit drug at the check...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 17, 2013 | Lite
A man from the north of Colombia is trying real hard to convince local authorities he is not dead. Samir Enrique Almanza from the tiny village of Chinu found out about his own death when picking up drugs at a local hospital....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 16, 2013 | Disinformation
Colombian drug traffickers have testified that the country’s soft drink monopolist Postobon invested in the development and promotion of a new pink cocaine, said police Wednesday. According to Colombia’s...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 16, 2013 | Disinformation
Investigators have found a voodoo doll depicting Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in the home of his predecessor Alvaro Uribe. According to the country’s Prosecutor General’s Office, the doll was found while...
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