Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 25, 2011 | News
Crime in Colombia dropped 53% during the Holy Week compared to the same week last year, police say. According to the police’s Citizen Security director Jose Roberto Leon, that in the week from April 17 until April 24 1,363...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 24, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Prosecutor general’s Office will issue an international arrest warrant for a former intelligence director who was granted political asylum in Panama, newspaper El Tiempo reported Saturday. According to the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 24, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday thanked his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez for the Venezuelan arrest of Joaquin Perez Becerra, accused of being a member of the FARC’s international front. According to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 24, 2011 | News
The first rainy season in Colombia this year is causing unprecedented destruction throughout the country. According to the Red Cross, 93 Colombians lost their lives, five are missing and 69,000 are homeless because of mudslides...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 24, 2011 | News
A suspected Colombian guerrilla sought by his home country for alleged involvement in terrorism was detained Saturday when he flew in to Venezuela, authorities said. A government statement said Joaquin Perez Becerra when he...
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