Adriaan Alsema, Author at Colombia News

Bloque Meta areas of influence

Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 15, 2015 | Fact sheets

The “Bloque Meta” (Meta Bloc) is a neo-paramilitary drug trafficking organization active...

Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 15, 2015 | Fact sheets

The Rastrojos are one of Colombia’s most powerful drug trafficking organizations. The...

Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 13, 2015 | War and peace

Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe met with Senator Marco Rubio and three US house...

Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 12, 2015 | War and peace

Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, vowed on Thursday to immediately and indefinitely...

Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 12, 2015 | News

Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, has released a Dutch citizen who had been...