Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 10, 2012 | News
A Medellin NGO said Sunday that records of an investigation of the extradited former security chief of former President Alvaro Uribe has been stolen. Human rights NGO Instituto Popular de Capacitacion (IPC), which has been...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 10, 2012 | News
Colombia’s ombudsman on Sunday rang the alarm about an alleged increase in recruitment of child soldiers by guerrilla group FARC in the east of the country. According to Ombudsman Jorge Otalora, guerrillas of the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 10, 2012 | News
U.S. weapons that were exported to Mexico as part of the controversial “Fast and Furious” program ended up in the hands of Colombia crime syndicate Oficina de Envigado, reported newspaper El Tiempo Monday. According...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 10, 2012 | War and peace
Colombian guerrilla group FARC wants a possible peace deal with the government to include judicial mechanisms granting them pardon and amnesty for their crimes, and shield them from extradition to the United States. In an...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 9, 2012 | War and peace
The head of the Colombian government’s delegation that will hold peace negotiations with the country’s largest guerrilla group FARC calls to “dampen overflowing optimism” over the talks. In a column in...
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