Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 10, 2011 | News
At least 14 prisoners fled a prison in southwest Colombia after outside helpers set off explosives and opened fire on prison guards, Colombian media reported Sunday. The prison is located in the town of Tumaco, a town on the...
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Armed men have assassinated a candidate for the council of Caldas, a town just outside the city of Medellin. The murder brought the number of killed local election candidates to nine. The assassination Friday happened a day...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 10, 2011 | News
The death toll of Saturday’s FARC bomb attack on several towns in the southwest of Colombia was raised to six, local media reported Sunday. Some 70 civilians were injured in the attack. According to Caracol Radio, the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 10, 2011 | News
FARC guerrillas attacked a local market in southwest Colombia Saturday killing at least three people and injuring 70 others in the southwestern town of Toribio, its mayor told French press agency AFP. “It was a brutal...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 9, 2011 | News
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Friday called on Colombian authorities to investigate the “spate of killings” carried out by illegal armed groups in 2011 and to protect indigenous groups threatened by violence. According to...
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