Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 15, 2013 | News
The release of two policemen and a soldier who were supposed to be released by the FARC respectively earlier in the day and Saturday after journalists has been suspended indefinitely after reporters impeded a humanitarian...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 14, 2013 | News
The total number of homicides in Medellin went down 24.4% in 2012, even though the number of murders crept up 57% during the year, from a January low, according to official statistics. According to numbers by the local...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 14, 2013 | News
Colombia’s armed forces on Wednesday suspended military operations in an area in the southwest of the country. The temporary halt of operations is to allow a humanitarian mission carry out the first of two operations aimed...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 12, 2013 | News
More than 7,500 Colombians have disappeared in 2012, which is a 76% increase compared to the year before and the highest number in ten years, a report by the country’s coroner’s office revealed Monday. According to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 10, 2013 | News
Panama said Sunday it has arrested the top leader of the “Oficina de Envigado,” a Medellin crime syndicate once formed by Pablo Escobar. Alias “Pichi” is suspected to have ordered the killing of nine...
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