Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 16, 2012 | News
“Megateo,” the leader of small guerrilla group EPL, is collaborating with the FARC in the northern Colombian drug trade that is financing both rebel groups, the country’s defense minister said Sunday....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 15, 2012 | News
Venezuela’s new defense minister was the main connection between President Hugo Chavez and “Timochenko,” the current leader of Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC, Colombian media claimed Sunday. Leading...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 15, 2012 | News
Despite multiple accusations that the Colombian branch of Anglo-French oil company Perenco funded paramilitary organization AUC, the company is only investigated for the alleged bribing of government officials, newspaper El...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 15, 2012 | News
Alleged FARC rebels have begun an offensive in the north of Colombia, carrying out at least five attacks in two days. All attacks took place on Friday and Saturday in Norte de Santander, a department bordering Venezuela where...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 15, 2012 | News
Police in Colombia’s thid largest city Cali have detained 130 minors for violating a curfew imposed in two of the city’s most problematic neighborhoods, local authorities said Saturday. The arrests took place between...
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