Posted by Adriaan Alsema | May 15, 2011 | News
Two Liberal Party candidates for the city council of a town in the southwest of Colombia were assassinated Sunday. According to Caracol Radio, the two were shot dead while meeting in a house in Valle del Guamuez, a town 15 miles...
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High profile crime in Colombia in the first four months of 2011 went down 11% compared to the same period last year, President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday. “Through the consolidation of these crimes, homicides,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 15, 2011 | News
Medellin police said Saturday they have arrested the second in command of the organization of drug lord “Sebastian,” leader of the divided “Oficina de Envigado.” According to the authorities, the arrested...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 15, 2011 | News
Dozens fo Colombian mercenaries, led by controversial Blackwater founder Erik Prince, have been transferred to the United Arab Emirates to assist the oil-rich state’s security forces, the New York Times reported Sunday....
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The torrential rains that have been falling almost non-stop from May last year until now have resulted in the deaths of 448, while 73 went missing and more than 3.3 million people were affected, a government agency said...
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