Posted by Adriaan Alsema | May 27, 2012 | News
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC said Saturday it plans to release Francois Langlois on Wednesday, little more than a month after the French journalist was captured in combat. According to a short statement on a...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 26, 2012 | News
The FBI will assist Colombia in the case against a former deputy who has been arrested for conspiring the kidnapping of himself and 11 colleagues. According to Colombia’s prosecutor general, Eduardo Montealegre, the FBI...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 26, 2012 | News
There is no evidence to indicate that Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC is behind the May 15 attack on a former minister in Bogota, the country’s chief prosecutor said Friday. Prosecutor General Eduardo Montealegre...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 24, 2012 | News
Venezuela said Thursday it is sending 3,000 extra troops to enforce security on the Colombian border following the death of 12 Colombian soldiers who were attacked on Monday by FARC guerrillas operating from the Venezuelan side...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 24, 2012 | From the editor
Before the smoke had cleared after last week’s attack on former minister Fernando Londoño in Bogota, former President Alvaro Uribe wasted no time in jumping to conclusions, blaming Colombian guerrilla group the FARC for...
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