Posted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Feb 18, 2013 | News
In a weekend chalk full of rebel violence, members of the FARC — Colombia’s largest left-wing guerrilla group — destroy electricity towers, kill soldiers, and burn several buses in the northwestern department...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Feb 16, 2013 | News
FARC rebels killed three soldiers and wounded three more on Friday in an ambush close to Colombia’s capital Bogota. A captain, a non-commissioned officer and a soldier were killed in the attack, which the army attributed...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Feb 14, 2013 | News
Colombian judicial authorities on Thursday opened a preliminary investigation against Medellin mayor Anibal Gaviria for alleged ties to a paramilitary death squad. PROFILE: Anibal Gaviria Alias “El Aleman,” whose...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Feb 14, 2013 | News
Rebels from Colombia’s largest rebel group, FARC, killed two soldiers Thursday in the northwestern Antioquia department. According to reports, the two soldiers were killed in combat with rebels in the Taraza municipality...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Feb 14, 2013 | News
Two members of Colombia’s security forces have been arrested on suspicion of helping Colombia’s largest rebel group, FARC, organize a week long shutdown of western Colombia’s roads, local media reported...
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