Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 10, 2012 | Central Colombia
After an absence of two years, locals from a village in central Colombia were finally able to hold their massive tomato battle, known as “Tomatina” Sunday. Some 20,000 people showed up for the sixth edition of the...
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Colombia’s ex-President Alvaro Uribe on Sunday denied his late brother Jaime had ties with drug lord Pablo Escobar as alleged in reports on the imminent extradition of Uribe’s sister-in-law and niece to the U.S. to...
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Four Colombian men who had been arrested by Venezuelan armed forces on the border said Saturday they were tortured while in custody. The four were part a group of ten Colombians reported missing in the countries’ northern...
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Authorities in the southwest of Colombia have arrested 14 suspected FARC aides, local media reported Saturday. Among the suspects are two government officials. According to national authorities, the suspects have been...
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Rebel group FARC is offering a $450 reward for every killed policeman, a police commander from the south of Colombia said Saturday. According to colonel Carlos Vargas, chief of police in the southern Caqueta department, the...
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