Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 22, 2010 | News
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office started an investigation against officials whose alleged negligence or corruption may have contributed to catastrophic floods that hit vast regions in the country. According to...
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Colombia asked the United States to install aerial defense systems to protect the country from “external threats, particularly Venezuela.” In a cable sent by then-Ambassador to Bogota William Brownfield on November...
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Computers seized at the camp of assumed dead FARC commander “Fabian Ramirez” reveal ties between the guerrillas and the Mexican Sinaloa cartel, reported newspaper El Tiempo on Tuesday. Photos that were found on the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 21, 2010 | News
Colombia’s Comptroller General ordered the seizure of assets of Bogota mayor Samuel Moreno, who is investigated for corruption. Comptroller General Sandra Morelli also ordered the investigation of Bogota’s former...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 21, 2010 | News
Colombian police arrested 143 foreigners suspected of drug trafficking in 2010, counter-narcotics chief Cesar Augusto Pinzon told Spanish press agency Efe Monday. According to the police chief, among the foreigners are “31...
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