Posted 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...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 26, 2011 | News
A Barranquilla man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for the murder of a Spanish female tourist visiting the north Colombian city for its annual carnival in March. The 20-year old Brayan Dario Blanco Escorcia confessed to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 26, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos appeared in a live broadcast on national television on Monday to talk about the rains that have devastated the country and his government’s efforts to provide aid and rebuild....
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