Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 6, 2011 | News
A group of 30 persons was robbed by armed men on their way to the Monserrate church, one of Bogota’s main tourist attractions, W Radio reported Thursday. One of the victims told the radio station that “heavily armed...
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Ecuador dismantled 125 FARC camps on its side of the border, the country’s new ambassador to Colombia said Thursday. Raul Vallejo, who took office in Bogota this week, told Colombian press thathis country hopes to convert...
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A Colombian prosecutor authorized the incarceration of 10 alleged members of the FARC who are accused of kidnapping 12 deputies of the Valle del Cauca department in 2002. The suspects are accused of having carried out the...
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An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale hit the north east of Colombia on Thursday morning. According to the country’s geological institute, the earthquake occurred some 20 miles north of the city of Bucaramanga...
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A video seized by Colombian authorities and released to television network RCN shows the FARC’s elite forces training. According to RCN, the video was seized last year when authorities arrested “Jeronimo...
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