Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 15, 2012 | News
The Colombian Air Force (FAC) aircraft that crashed in FARC-controlled territory was not shot down as claimed by the guerrillas, the air force said Saturday after having inspected the plane. According to the FAC, “the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 14, 2012 | News
Colombia’s anti-narcotics police said Saturday Medellin-based crime syndicate “Oficina de Envigado” assassinated two policemen in that city. The two policemen were shot Thursday in broad daylight in front of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 14, 2012 | News
Ongoing fighting between Colombia’s armed forces and the FARC in the southwest of the country is causing a “delicate humanitarian situation,” said a local ombudsman Saturday. Since fighting escalated last week,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 14, 2012 | News
The Colombian military tried to “cover up” the responsibility of a high-level commander in the 1997 Mapiripan massacre by falsely implicating a lower-ranked official, the state department said in a declassified 2003...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 14, 2012 | News
The drug trafficking charges against the former security chief of Colombia’s ex-president Alvaro Uribe are the “tip of the iceberg” of a major corruption scandal involving dozens of Colombian state agents,...
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