Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 4, 2012 | News
Medellin authorities had no indications that Griselda Blanco, the “Queen of Cocaine” who was assassinated in Colombia’s second largest city, was still involved in crime, reported local newspaper El Colombiano...
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Colombia’s Inspector General asked the Prosecutor General’s Office on Monday to investigate the role of two retired police generals in the 1989 murder of then-presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galan. According to...
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The association of Colombia’s retired military commanders, a powerful lobby, said Monday it supports peace talks with the FARC under a number of conditions that include the banning of a leftist political movement and legal...
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday announced that formal peace talks with the FARC will begin “in the coming weeks.” While speaking before press in the presidential palace, Santos said, “Before us...
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One of Colombia’s first drug traffickers, known as “the Queen of Cocaine” was assassinated in Medellin Monday. The Cartagena-born Grisela Blanco, 69, was shot dead by two men on a motorcycle in the neighborhood...
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