Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 11, 2011 | News
At least three soldiers were killed and one was injured Sunday when accidentally detonating a landmine in the north-Colombian Norte de Santander department. According to media reports, the soldiers were patroling near the town...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 11, 2011 | News
After three months of relative drought, heavy rains returned to Colombia Saturday, causing flooding in all major cities and disrupting the country’s infrastructure. All this while the country’s authorities say they...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 10, 2011 | News
Ecuador’s foreign minister took distance from a regional court’s order to arrest six high Colombian security officials for the 2008 cross-border attack in which FARC commander “Raul Reyes” and 25 others...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 10, 2011 | News
24 people who reportedly had been kidnapped Friday in the Pacific waters just off the southwest-Colombian coast have been released, authorities said Saturday. The release of the local farmers and fishermen was announced by Fabio...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 10, 2011 | News
The FARC have been recruiting minors in 178 of Colombia’s 1,200 municipalities, says the country’s highest police commander. According to General Oscar Naranjo, director of the National Police, the guerrilla group...
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