Posted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jun 25, 2012 | News
A Colombian man decapitated his wife and five children with a machete and then committed suicide, various media reported Monday. The 56-year-old farmer, hailing from the southern Caqueta province, severed the heads of his...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jun 25, 2012 | News
Coca cultivation rose in Colombia in 2011after seven years of stagnation, said an as of yet unpublished report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, reported Colombian newspaper El Tiempo Monday. According to the...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jun 25, 2012 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Monday he would convene Colombia’s Congress in an extraordinary session to discuss the country’s troubled justice reform bill. Santos said that Congress would be convened...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jun 25, 2012 | News
Local authorities in the central department of Antioquia warned that a batch of defective, counterfeit condoms have reached the market, reported Caracol radio Monday. The police said they seized 2,000 counterfeit condoms of...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jun 25, 2012 | News
The Colombian army accused leftist guerrilla group, the FARC, of “using children” in dangerous combat situations, according to Colombia’s W Radio. The evidence came in the form of a video, supposedly showing a...
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