Posted by Edward Fox | Feb 7, 2011 | News
Mediator Piedad Cordoba left Colombia for Brazil Monday to begin an operation to release five FARC hostages. Prior to departing, Cordoba said, “The success of this operation is a prelude to an opportunity for peace in...
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Police have captured two former FARC guerrillas who were extorting money from local businesses in Colombia’s south-west Putumayo department, Colombian media reported Monday. After several days of surveillance in Puerto...
Read MorePosted by Edward Fox | Feb 7, 2011 | News
Colombian police announce the arrest of 13 people in operations in the north Colombian Atlantico department. Five were detained for arms trafficking, two for domestic violence, two for drug trafficking, and one had a warrant out...
Read MorePosted by Edward Fox | Feb 7, 2011 | News
The Colombian military will deploy elite troops in the north Colombian department of Cordoba to combat drug trafficking gangs, newspaper El Tiempo reported Monday. The Minister of Defense said that the operation...
Read MorePosted by Edward Fox | Feb 5, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has thrown out a case brought last year against suspected FARC “front-men,” reported newspaper El Tiempo Saturday. According to the newspaper, the office...
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