Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 7, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday condemned the recent bomb attacks on the central city of Neiva and called on locals to not give in to extortion attempts. Santos said at a press conference that the FARC, the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 7, 2011 | News
Armed men murdered the mayor of Santo Domingo, an Antioquian village 40 miles northeast of Medellin, while the official was on a visit the department capital. According to W Radio, Mayor Jaime Humberto Sanchez was killed in an...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 7, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Prosecutor General ordered the arrest of Jorge Noguera, a former director of Colombia’s state intelligence agency DAS, for the his alleged involvement in the illegal spying on government opponents....
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 6, 2011 | News
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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