Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 19, 2010 | News
At least five soldiers died and two were injured in a minefield on the border of the southern Huila and Caqueta departments. According to Caracol Radio, the soldiers were on patrol near the village of Puerto Rico where FARC...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 19, 2010 | News
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe considered allowing the U.S. military access to Colombian bases a way to deter possible Venezuelan attacks, a leaked cable from then-Ambassador to Bogota William Brownfield says. The cable...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 18, 2010 | News
Intelligence officials intercepted a 12-kilo bomb allegedly meant to be detonated at a military base in the city of Cali. According to the director of intelligence agency DAS, the bomb was found in a bus that had come from the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 18, 2010 | News
The Colombian branch of the Red Cross set the death toll of this year’s catastrophic rainy season at 281. According to the humanitarian organization, a total of 2.2 million people have so far been affected by the rains,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 18, 2010 | News
The Colombian army says it put a giant Christmas tree in the middle of a FARC-controlled area to encourage rebels to demobilize. According to the army’s website, it took two Black Hawk helicopters with the ground support...
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