Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 18, 2012 | News
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday announced that his government has withdrawn a controversial proposal that would let human rights abuses by members of the military fall within the jurisdiction of military...
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The former governor of the Sucre department is arrested for his alleged role in a 2000 paramilitary massacre. Former Governor of the Sucre department, Miguel Angel Nule, was arrested while about to board a plane to Miami where...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 18, 2012 | Lite
Barranquilla newspaper El Heraldo on Friday released photos of the room where salsa hero Marc Anthony will be staying while in town for his performance during the city’s carnival. The singer, who is performing Saturday...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 18, 2012 | News
Authorities in the north of Colombia have arrested and charged one of three suspects of the murder of a U.S. citizen in his home on the Caribbean coast, local newspaper El Heraldo reported Friday. The 35-year old suspect was...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 18, 2012 | News
Some 500 members of the armed forces arrived in the southwest Colombia town of Tumaco Friday to reinforce security in the port town that has been battered by terrorist attacks and intimidation of drug trafficking organizations....
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