Posted by Christan Leonard | Mar 30, 2012 | News
Colombian Congressman Guillermo Rivera proposed government officials give up their bodyguards so they can protect threatened land rights leaders instead, reported Radio Caracol Friday. Rivera suggested before the House of...
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A Colombian journalist was shot dead in northern Atlantico Department Thursday, El Pais reported Friday. Jesus Martinez was shot three times by two men on a motorcycle in the town of Sabanalarga. Martinez was the musical and...
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Up to 15 prisoners were injured in a fire in a Bogota jail, reported Colombian media Friday. The fire allegedly occurred in southern Bogota’s La Picota National Prison during the course of a fight, when one inmate poured...
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Seven suspected paramilitaries were killed in clashes with the FARC Tuesday near an indigenous community in northwest Colombia, El Pais reported Thursday. The seven bodies were discovered Wednesday near the settlement of Guapal,...
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Colombia invited the Spanish government to participate in a campaign against landmines, Univision reported Thursday. The Colombian Embassy in Spain joined a campaign entitled “Lend Your Leg” which works to educate...
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