Posted by Caitlin Trent | Oct 2, 2012 | News
Bus driver protests in Colombia’s third largest city of Cali turn into chaos with several people allegedly suffering burn injuries from a firebomb Tuesday. Bus drivers have been protesting against the Integrated System of...
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Human rights organizations said on Tuesday that the investigations of extrajudicial killings, known in Colombia as “false positives,” need to be “treated as crimes systematically produced and not as isolated...
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An alleged member of the upper echelon of Colombia’s drug mafia, alias “Alitas,” was captured on a luxurious farm in northwestern Colombia Tuesday. The alleged kingpin was arrested in Girardot, a small town...
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Rebels from the guerrilla group FARC have allegedly been injured and one killed on Monday as a result of a recently intensified police offensive in Colombia’s southern department of Caqueta. Police have strengthened their...
Read MorePosted by Caitlin Trent | Oct 2, 2012 | War and peace
The start date of the peace talks between rebel guerrilla group FARC and the Colombian government has been delayed from October 8 and will now allegedly start on the 15th, according to FARC representatives. Colombia’s...
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