Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 19, 2011 | News
Guerrillas of the FARC have kidnapped two soldiers from village 40 miles southwest of Medellin, the army said in a press release Monday. The alleged kidnapping took place on the in El Limon, a town in the south of the Antioquia...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 19, 2011 | News
Colombia’s prosecutor general on Monday announced she will soon file more charges against allegedly corrupt government officials and beneficiaries of fraudulently granted agricultural subsidies. Nevertheless, prosecutor...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 17, 2011 | News
The former commander of the Colombian army, Oscar Gonzalez Peña, made “obvious” efforts to “frustrate” internal investigations into the killing of hundreds of civilians by members of the army, a...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 17, 2011 | News
Colombia’s National Police said Saturday it has arrested one of the country’s ten most wanted criminals. Hector Efren Meneses Yela, alias “Guara” or “Rodrigo” is suspected of being one of the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 17, 2011 | News
Pope Benedict XVI called for an end to violence in Colombia while leading the outdoor Palm Sunday Mass on St. Peter’s Square in Rome. The religious leader, speaking before tens of thousands of faithful, said he asks God...
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