Posted by Aylish O'Driscoll | Jan 11, 2012 | News
Three Colombian army soldiers were charged Tuesday with the “false positive” murder of four farmers, who were sho and dressed as guerrillas to up the soldiers’ enemy kill count. The sergeant and two soldiers...
Read MorePosted by Aylish O'Driscoll | Jan 10, 2012 | News
A lawyer has been sentenced to five years in prison for bribing his client, a former paramilitary chief, to frame a judge by falsely testifying that he was told to accuse then president Alvaro Uribe of conspiracy to commit...
Read MorePosted by Aylish O'Driscoll | Jan 10, 2012 | Medellin
36 species of dinosaur, including a 23-foot Brontosaurus, have taken over Medellin’s Parque Explora. The “Age of Dinosaurs” exhibition brings to life a wide variety of the ancient animals, complete with...
Read MorePosted by Aylish O'Driscoll | Jan 10, 2012 | News
Colombia’s highest administrative court, in an unprecedented decision, demands that the army publicly apologize for killing two civilians and dressing them as guerrillas. The State Council has also ordered the military to...
Read MorePosted by Aylish O'Driscoll | Jan 10, 2012 | News
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) admitted Monday to having laundered money for a Colombian drug trafficker in an undercover operation against Mexican cartels. The DEA has issued a statement saying that “for...
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