Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 27, 2011 | News
A former subcontractor of Alabama-based coal company Drummond will have to appear before a Colombian court for the murder of two unionists. The suspect, Jaime Blanco Maya, is accused of having ordered the murder of the labor...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 27, 2011 | News
Alleged guerrillas of the FARC Tuesday attacked a town in the southwest of Colombia, killing at least three policemen and injuring three civilians. According to several media reports, attacks began Tuesday evening in the town of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 27, 2011 | News
A Bogota policeman who was arrested for drunk driving died Wednesday morning after shooting himself in the head. The cop had been arrested after being involved in a traffic accident in the Fontibon district and was taken to a...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 27, 2011 | News
A jailed former paramilitary has escaped prison during an expedition to an alleged paramilitary mass grave. According to media reports, the former paramilitary ringleader, Juan Manuel Barreto, alias “Javier,” fled...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 26, 2011 | News
Miss Colombia 2005, Valerie Dominguez, will have to appear before anti-corruption prosecutors to respond to allegations she illegally received government subsidies, the country’s Prosecutor General’s Office announced...
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