Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 30, 2012 | News
An alleged FARC attack on a police patrol in the north of Colombia has killed one policeman and injured three others, local media reported Saturday. The attack took place in Tibu, a municipality located in the troubles Catatumbo...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 29, 2012 | News
Police said Friday they have arrested one of the alleged regional commanders of neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños” in the northern Colombian city of Santa Marta. “Belisario” for years has been alleged...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 29, 2012 | News
A former Colombian lawmaker was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison Friday for accepting more than $275 thousand in bribes. Liberal Party politician and former Representative to the House German Olano was...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 29, 2012 | War and peace
Peace talks between Colombia’s government and the country’s largest rebel group FARC will not begin October 8 as planned because judicial authorities have been delayed in suspending arrest warrants of rebel...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 28, 2012 | News
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos claimed Friday that in the almost 50 years of his country’s conflict nobody has hit guerrilla group FARC as hard as he has. Santos made the statement in an interview on CNN explaining...
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