Posted by Arron Daugherty | Jan 24, 2012 | News
Former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe will testify in preliminary hearings involving former Chief of Staff Bernardo Moreno this Thursday. Uribe is testifying upon his own request, asking for a chance to clear up issues of...
Read MorePosted by Arron Daugherty | Jan 24, 2012 | News
An Ecuadorean fishing boat was caught with illegally-caught sharks in Colombian waters, local media reported Tuesday. The Colombian Navy said it had boarded the vessel, “Siempre El Titan,” and...
Read MorePosted by Arron Daugherty | Jan 24, 2012 | News
Colombia has extradited alleged drug traffickers Jacinto Enrique Baez and Jose Benito Villarreal to the U.S. Tuesday, local media reported. As leader of the “Baez Clan”, Baez is suspected of overseeing the shipment...
Read MorePosted by Arron Daugherty | Jan 24, 2012 | News
An oil truck overturned and spilled 11,200 gallons of diesel in the southern Colombian Huila department Monday. The truck was traveling between the cities Neiva and Florencia when its breaks failed, Colombia’s Highway...
Read MorePosted by Arron Daugherty | Jan 23, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Inspector General has barred Army Lieutenant Nader Guzman Diaz from military service for 20 years for killing a civilian and reporting him as a guerrilla who died in combat, reported local media. According to an...
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