Posted by Adriaan Alsema | May 11, 2011 | News
Rebels of the FARC have massacred five members of the same family on the border of the south-western Cauca and Nariño departments, an NGO said Tuesday. According to a member of the Justice and Peace Commission, the massacre took...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 11, 2011 | News
Authorities have captured a guerrilla believed responsible for the 1999 hijacking of a commercial airplane. The current political head of the ELN’s “Dario Ramirez Castro” front, Hernando Jose Molina Cartagena,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 11, 2011 | zSports
Spanish soccer team Real Madrid will return to Colombia for a friendly match against Bogota team Millonarios, local media said Wednesday. According to news website Terra, the event will be held sometime in the 2011-2012 season....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 11, 2011 | News
A statement issued Tuesday by a U.N. conference on disaster management fiercely criticized Colombia’s dealing with natural disasters. According to the statement, disaster prevention is “not a real priority” for...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 11, 2011 | News
A failed attempt by Medellin police to arrest gang members turned ugly on Tuesday when — in broad daylight — the gang and police exchanged fire, a civilian died and neighborhood residents turned against the cops....
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