Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 7, 2011 | Lite
An 11-year-old girl was caught Sunday trying to smuggle 74 cell phones and a gun into a Medellin prison. The girl had the phones and weapon taped neatly to her torso as she attempted to visit her imprisoned brother, but was...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 7, 2011 | News
Mediator Piedad Cordoba said Sunday she is confident Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC will release all their hostages by the second half of this year. The former senator made the remark one day before flying to Brazil...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 7, 2011 | zSports
Five people were injured when supporters of Bogota team Millonarios clashed at the end of Sunday’s game against Atletico Huila. According to newspaper El Tiempo, hostilities between Millonarios hooligans began minutes...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 7, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos should “take advantage of the opportunity” and start peace talks with the FARC, the guerrilla group said in a press statement seen by Spanish press agency EFE Sunday. “If...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 6, 2011 | Economy
Workers of Cerrejon, Colombia’s largest coal mine, have reached a deal with the mine’s directors on an increase in wages and called off the planned strike. Igor Diaz, the president of the Sintracarbon union, told RCN...
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