Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 3, 2011 | News
The FARC is behind the Saturday massacre of seven in the south-Colombian Caqueta department, authorities said in a statement Sunday. According to the statement, the victims of the massacre — six of them members of one...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 3, 2011 | News
Five people were taken to hospital Saturday after a grenade exploded in a shopping mall in Colombia’s third largest city Cali. The explosion took place little after 5PM on the third floor of the shopping mall located in...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 2, 2011 | News
Colombia, the 2001 champions, seized the initiative in Argentina’s Copa America Group A on Saturday by beating 10-man Costa Rica 1-0 at Jujuy. Adrian Ramos struck on the stroke of half-time to give the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 2, 2011 | News
The Colomban army said Saturday it has rescued a mayoral candidate who was allegedly kidnapped by rebels of the FARC in June. Partido de la U canaidate Eduard Castellanos Betancourt was kidnapped on June 19 while campaigning in...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 2, 2011 | News
The former governor of the north-Colombian Santander department was arrested Saturday over allegations he made pacts with paramilitary organization AUC. Hugo Aguilar Naranjo was arrested in a hotel in the departmental capital of...
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