Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 23, 2011 | News
Colombian anti-narcotics police said Sunday they have seized 9 tons of marijuana in the southwest of the country. Colonel Carlos Enrique Rodriguez told media the drugs were found Saturday in a house near the village of Corinto,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 23, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday that the death of ousted Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is a moral blow for the FARC, who allegedly had ties to the north African leader. Santos recalled alleged emails...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 23, 2011 | News
Ten soldiers were killed in a FARC ambush in the northeast of Colombia Saturday; the second time within 48 hours guerrillas are able to kill that number of soldiers. According to media reports, the hit-and-run attack took place...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 22, 2011 | News
The Colombian Navy said Saturday it has rescued four Koreans, two Americans, one Israeli and one Pole after their ships had gone adrift in the Caribbean. The Koreans were rescued 30 nautical miles northwest of the La Guajira...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 22, 2011 | News
The Colombian Army raised the official death toll of a FARC attack on a military unit in the southwest of Colombia to ten Friday, making it the bloodiest attack on Colombia’s Armed Forces this year. According to the...
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