Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 8, 2011 | From the editor
Dear Mr. “Alfonso Cano,” I have tried watching your New Year’s message on YouTube, but stopped after three minutes, because it was too long and boring. Because I do want to take what you say seriously, I used...
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Alfonso Cano, supreme leader of Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC, said that the guerrillas this year will multiply “actions in every way” in a new-years message released on YouTube Friday. “In 2011 we...
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A Colombian judge ordered the release of one of the directors of pyramid scheme and alleged money launderer DMG. The judge ruled that former director Daniel Angel Rueda was a free man after having served 60 percent of his two...
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Five FARC guerrillas, three policemen and one minor were killed in a guerrilla attack on the southern Colombian town of San Vicente del Caguan Friday, local media said. According to Caracol Radio — citing the local...
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Colombia on Friday extradited an alleged drug trafficker dubbed “the Amphetamine Queen,” allegedly tied to the Rastrojos drug gang and wanted by U.S. justice. Beatriz Elena Henao is accused of having sent massive...
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