Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 13, 2012 | News
Colombia’s defense minister said Sunday the army has seized as much as six tons of explosives and arms allegedly belonging to the FARC. According to the country’s Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon, the “mega...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 13, 2012 | News
Colombian police said Sunday their Ecuadorean colleagues have arrested the middleman between Colombian drug lord “El Loco Barrera” and Mexican drug lord “El Chapo Guzman.” The suspect, Heriberto Fernandez...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 11, 2012 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos joined thousands of protesters in the northwest of Colombia Saturday demanding the return of lands stolen by illegal armed groups. The march, held in the neo-paramilitary stronghold of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 11, 2012 | News
Colombia’s former Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo was charged with conspiracy, procedural fraud and the illegal trafficking of arms Friday despite having left the country. The prosecution, who had already...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 11, 2012 | News
Rebels of Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC killed at least three and injured 18 soldiers in a Saturday morning attack on a military base in the southwest of the country. According to media reports, rebels of the local...
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