Posted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Feb 15, 2013 | News
The international committee of the Red Cross confirmed Friday the release of five of the six miners taken hostage by the ELN, Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the whereabouts of the remaining Canadian hostage are...
Read MorePosted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Feb 15, 2013 | Lite
A bank in northern Colombia searched desperately Wednesday through 3,000 tons of landfill waste for money that ended up in the trash. A bank employee mistakenly discarded $19,000 on Monday in the city of Bucaramanga in the...
Read MorePosted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Feb 14, 2013 | News
The Colombian navy discovered a cache of cocaine deep in the jungle near the pacific coast on Thursday. The street value of the drug is estimated at $14 million. The drug shipment of more than 1,200 pounds was discovered during...
Read MorePosted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Feb 14, 2013 | War and peace
A Colombian cardinal turned down an offer made by the FARC to have representatives of the catholic church at the peace talks currently underway in Havana, Cuba. “It is perfectly clear that we have nothing to do in...
Read MorePosted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Feb 14, 2013 | News
The Red Cross on Thursday entered FARC controlled area in the southwest of Colombia to receive two policemen who were captured by rebels earlier this month. The armed forces have ceased military activity around Miranda in the...
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