Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 25, 2012 | News
A judge in the northeast of Colombian has absolved eight soldiers who had been accused of murdering civilians in order to present them as guerrillas killed in combat, the local army commander saif Friday. According to the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 24, 2012 | News
Colombia will seek the extradition of a retired police general who is currently in a U.S. prison after admitting to supporting terrorist organizations, President Juan Manuel Santos said Friday. Santos said on a local radio...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 24, 2012 | News
A recently discovered diary of extradited drug lord “Chupeta” in which payments made to high Colombian justice and military officials appeared has been proven fake, said Colombia’s chief prosecutor Thursday....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 24, 2012 | News
The extradited leader of the now-defunct AUC, insisted Thursday that the paramilitary organization supported the 2002 election campaign of former President Alvaro Uribe in coordination with the politician’s campaign team....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 23, 2012 | Economy
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday accepted the resignation of Finance Minister Juan Carlos Echeverry, who will be replaced by current Mining Minister Mauricio Cardenas. Echeverry’s resignation came as a...
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