Posted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Apr 8, 2013 | War and peace
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos urged on Sunday Colombians to march in support of the ongoing FARC-government peace process. Santos said all Colombians who believed in a peaceful end to the Colombian armed conflict should...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Apr 8, 2013 | News
Colombia’s defense minister on Sunday said that rebel group FARC used civilians as human shields during recent combat in northwestern Colombia. According to Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon, rebels from the FARC’s 57th Front...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Apr 5, 2013 | News
“Fritanga,” a prominent drug trafficker and member of the neo-paramilitary organization Los Urabeños, admitted on Friday to procedural fraud, identity fraud and to having obtained false documents. Fritanga, who is to...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Apr 5, 2013 | War and peace
Colombia’s president, Juan Manuel Santos, said Thursday there would be no bilateral ceasefire with the FARC until a final peace accord is reached at the ongoing peace negotiations in Havana, Cuba. “We keep on...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Apr 3, 2013 | News
The Southern Command of the United States’ armed forces allegedly said Colombia’s largest rebel group, FARC, has surface-to-air missiles with the capacity of downing military aircraft. Colombia’s largest...
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