Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 25, 2011 | News
Bogota police were called to attend 900 reports of brawls and fights during Christmas eve celebrations in Colombia’s capital. Bogota police commissioner Luis Eduardo Martinez told Caracol Radio that four people were...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 25, 2011 | News
Thee policemen were injured Saturday when alleged members of the FARC threw a grenade at a police post in a village in the southwest of Colombia. According to local media, the grenade attack occurred just before midnight when...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 25, 2011 | News
Only 17 of the 284 alleged members of neo-paramilitary organization ERPAC were sent to jail after their surrender to authorities. The remaining 267 were released because they are not charged with any crimes. According to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 25, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says in his Christmas speech evening that the country has not forgotten the hostages who are not able to celebrate Christmas with their families because they are held in the jungle by...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 24, 2011 | News
Ecuador has deployed some 10,000 security forces to its border with Colombia to deal with a “most grave” security problem, President Rafael Correa said Saturday. Correa said the troops and police forces were deployed...
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