Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 23, 2012 | News
Colombian police said Sunday they have confiscated 1.7 ton of marijuana in a rural area in southwest Colombia. According to a police report, the drug had been stored between several bricks and covered with plastic, rubber and...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 22, 2012 | News
Jailed paramilitary drug lord “Don Mario” continues to run neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños” from prison, weekly Semana reported Sunday based on Colombian and international intelligence sources. Don...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 22, 2012 | Bogota
German digital hardcore trio Atari Teenage Riot confirmed to be playing Colombia’s capital Bogota in March. The band will be playing at Bogota’s Boogaloop venue on March 18 as part of their “Is This...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 22, 2012 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday that “Manuel Marulanda,” the late leader and co-founder of the FARC owned 57 ranches in two departments alone. The information about the late leader’s...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 22, 2012 | News
The United States fails to enforce human rights conditions imposed on aid to Colombia, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Sunday. In its World Report 2012, the human rights organization stated that Washington “provided...
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