Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 6, 2011 | News
Guards of the maximum security ward of Bogota’s La Picota prison fear for their lives after the murder of one of their colleagues, Caracol Radio reported Sunday. According to the radio station, several sources confirmed...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 5, 2011 | News
Authorities on Saturday arrested eight former policemen and one former army sergeant for alleged ties to drug trafficking organizations. According to newspaper El Espectador, eight former policemen were arrested in the south...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 5, 2011 | News
Approximately 80 Bogota merchants who vandalized a station of the Colombian capital’s mass transit system Transmilenio could be charged with terrorism, said the Bogota Police commissioner, General Francisco Patiño...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 5, 2011 | News
Mediator Piedad Cordoba will not travel to Brazil until Monday to pick up the Brazilian helicopters and personnel involved in the planned release of five FARC hostages. “Friends, we are working out the latest details of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 5, 2011 | Tourism
A JetBlue airliner on its way to the Colombian capital Bogota made an emergency landing in Jamaica after equipment indicated possible smoke onboard, officials said Friday. The A320 Airbus had departed from Orlando, Florida, late...
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