Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 24, 2012 | News
The Colombian navy said Sunday it has seized more than a ton of cocaine in two operations on the country’s Caribbean coast. According to the Navy, the 1,158 kilos of cocaine were found in ships in two port towns. The...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 24, 2012 | News
A police helicopter pilot has been injured when alleged FARC rebels opened fire at the helicopter giving air support to counter-narcotics operations in central Colombia, local media reported Sunday. According to the reports, the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 24, 2012 | News
The mothers of 19 young men on Sunday commemorated the death of their sons whose extrajudicial execution unleashed investigations into the killing of some 3,000 civilians at the hands of Colombia’s armed forces. The...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 24, 2012 | Culture
Colombia’s most successful actress, Sofia Vergara, failed to obtain an Emmy award for the third consecutive year Sunday. The Barranquilla-born bombshell had been nominated for an Emmy as Best Supporting Actress In A Comedy...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 23, 2012 | News
More than 350 people have disappeared since January 2011 in Colombia’s most western department Choco, newspaper El Tiempo reported Sunday. According to the daily, local media and human rights defenders blamed “Los...
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