Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 16, 2011 | News
Colombia’s armed forces on Sunday announced the arrest of seven suspected members of drug gang “Los Urabeños” in the northern Cordoba department. The arrest follows the murder of two students of a prestigious...
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Police in central Colombia say they arrested an alleged serial rapist, suspected of having raped 18 women in the past year. According to the police commissioner of the Cundinamarca department, the 41-year old suspect traveled...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 16, 2011 | News
Colombia’s national indigenous organization said Saturday that 122 members of indigenous peoples have been murdered and ten disappeared in 2010. According to a report by the organization given to french press agency AFP,...
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Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC have taken up the illegal mining of gold to finance their armed conflict with the state, President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday. According to the President, emails found on the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 15, 2011 | News
Eleven suspected members of the neo-paramilitary “Urabeños” gang on Friday surrendered to authorities in the north Colombian department of Cordoba. The alleged gang members surrendered themselves to members of the...
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