Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 24, 2011 | News
Authorities in the south of Colombia arrested an alleged member of the FARC, accused to be the main medic of the guerrilla group’s Southern Bloc. According to the authorities, the arrested Heberto Sanchez, alias...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 24, 2011 | News
Police in the southwest of Colombia seized a submarine allegedly belonging to the FARC’s 29th front. According to the police, the submarine was seized near the Pacific port city of Buenaventura on Friday and had the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 24, 2011 | News
The suspended mayor of Bogota, sent to jail on corruption allegations Friday, spent his first night in his 12 by 12 foot luxury suite. Colombia’s prison authority released photos of disgraced Mayor Samuel Moreno’s...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 24, 2011 | News
The vice president of Colombia’s largest workers union is wanted for the murder of his girlfriend, W Radio reported Friday. According to the radio station, a judge warranted the arrest of Hernan Correa Miranda, vice...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 24, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos said Friday he will be meeting with bankers, employers and unions to jointly prepare the country for a possible fallout of Europe’s debt crisis. Following a week of turbulence...
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