Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 13, 2012 | From the editor
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is unfairly taking the heat over the country’s apparently failing security policy. The main security challenges Colombia is facing now are rebounding guerrilla groups, urban gangs and...
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Colombia’s president Juan Manuel Santos said Sunday he would allow Brazilian helicopters to take part in a release operation of six FARC hostages, breaking the deadlock generated when the government initially insisted it...
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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...
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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...
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