Colombian trafficker arrested in Venezuela
Venezuelan authorities report the arrest of Colombian cocaine smuggler Luis Frank Tello Candelo, alias “El Negro Frank” who is wanted by the United States on drug charges. According to Venezuelan interior…
Venezuelan authorities report the arrest of Colombian cocaine smuggler Luis Frank Tello Candelo, alias “El Negro Frank” who is wanted by the United States on drug charges. According to Venezuelan interior…
Controversial Venezuelan spin-doctor J.J. Rendon, who advised President-elect Juan Manuel Santos during his campaign, denied on Friday that hefought a “dirty war” against rival Green Party presidential candidate Antanas Mockus.…
U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce and International Trade Francisco Sanchez gave Colombia further guarantees on Thursday that the pending free trade agreement (FTA) will be passed by the U.S. congress, but…
Colombian authorities successfully recovered the remaining bodies early Friday morning from the site of the San Fernando coal mine disaster, bringing the final toll to 73 dead, reports Caracol Radio. According…
Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel Santos named Colombia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Maria Angela Holguin, as his foreign minister on Thursday. Holguin, who also held the position of Colombia’s ambassador to…
A Colombian court has sentenced Abel Nuñez Carrillo, an ELN guerrilla captured in 2007, to 40 years in prison for his involvement in the 1999 hijacking of an Avianca flight,…
Colombia’s Vice President-elect Angelino Garzon will sit down with a representative of the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights, Christian Salazar, to speak about the challenges awaiting Garzon in…
Narco-trafficking kingpin Maximiliano Bonilla Orozco, alias “Valenciano,” the head of the paramilitary Office of Envigado gang, is in Costa Rica negotiating his surrender to U.S. authorities, according to a report…
Former Green Party presidential candidate Antanas Mockus said on Wednesday that he would have a hard time imaging President Alvaro Uribe as the mayor of Bogota. According to Mockus, Uribe…