Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 4, 2012 | News
Colombian rebel commander “Julian Conrado” who was detained in Venezuela in May has been taken to a military hospital because of health problems, Venezuelan authorities said Friday. The Prosecutor General’s...
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Colombian authorities arrested an Italian businessman Friday for allegedly laundering money for drug trafficking organizations. The controversial businessman Giorgio Sale has been a suspected ally of extradited paramilitary...
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Colombian authorities said Saturday they have seized and deactivated over a dozen explosives in the southwest of the country where over the past week several alleged FARC bomb attacks killed at least 19 people and left 78...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 3, 2012 | News
Bogota’s El Dorado airport is having technical issues that are endangering passengers and crews, radio station Caracol reported Friday. Caracol’s report is based on the airport controller’s daily activities...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 3, 2012 | Guests
The Bogota ban on carrying weapons has taken away the means of civilians to protect themselves against a very real criminal threat. Mayor Gustavo Petro apparently is well aware of this, taking into account the number of...
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