Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 20, 2011 | News
Colombia’s government extended an alert to 13 of the country’s 32 department over the violence committed by drug gangs and groups formed from the ashes of the now-defunct paramilitary AUC. The departments on alert...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 19, 2011 | News
Colombian police Wednesday claimed they seized 7.5 tons of marijuana belonging to the country’s largest rebel group FARC. According to the police, the major drugs haul took place in the central Meta department. The drugs,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 19, 2011 | News
The Colombian Navy is looking for nine people who went missing after their boat crashed with a tugboat on the Magdalena river Wednesday. A Navy spokesperson said Wednesday that search efforts are being hampered by the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 19, 2011 | News
Colombian police said Wednesday they arrested 2,403 suspected criminals in a nation-wide offensive to increase security in the country’s biggest cities. According to the website of the National Police, the operation...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 19, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will meet with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris next week. According to Spanish press agency EFE, the meeting between the presidents is scheduled on Wednesday, January 26,...
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