Posted by Courtney Scott | Jul 31, 2012 | News
Five FARC guerrillas were demobilized and another two were killed during a clash with the Colombian Army in the southwest of the country, reported Caracol Radio Tuesday. The rebels were believed to belong to the FARC’s...
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A collection of 15 works written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez went on sale Tuesday throughout Latin America to commemorate the 30-year anniversary of the Colombian writer’s Nobel Prize for Literature. “Gabriel Garcia...
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Nineteen members of the Colombian Army were convicted of killing 15 civilians and falsely presenting them as leftist guerrilla members between 2007 and 2008, reported newspaper El Tiempo Monday. The soldiers were handed down...
Read MorePosted by Courtney Scott | Jul 30, 2012 | News
Colombia’s national police on Monday seized 10.6kg of heroin intended to be sent to the United States, according to preliminary police reports. Authorities found the narcotics, believed to have originated in Uraba in the...
Read MorePosted by Courtney Scott | Jul 30, 2012 | News
President Juan Manuel Santos backed up U.S. claims Monday that Colombia was no longer the world’s leading producer of cocaine. In a speech praising the Defense Ministry’s achievements, President Santos said it was...
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