Posted by Cameron Sumpter | Dec 9, 2010 | News
Colombia’s Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez claims that his dismissal of Senator Piedad Cordoba in November led to the FARC’s decision this week to release five hostages, reports El Espectador. Ordoñez said that...
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Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office announced that it will begin assessing documents released by Wikileaks to see if they contain more information about illegal wiretapping by security agency DAS, reports RCN....
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Twenty-six members of an international drug smuggling network were arrested in Colombia and the United Kingdom by Colombia’s Anti-Narcotics Unit in conjunction with British authorities, reports El Pais. The network sent...
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The Colombian army discovered a large weapons cache, including 1,500 landmines, near the town of San Luis in the Antioquia department, reports Radio Santa Fe. The weapons are thought to have belonged to the FARC’s 9th...
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Members of the European Parliament say that the E.U.’s free trade agreement with Colombia should not be approved as there has been little progress on human rights in the Andean nation, reports ABC. British Member of the...
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