Posted by Katharina Wecker | Aug 22, 2012 | News
Colombia’s government announced Wendesday to appeal a court ruling that ordered the government to pay soldiers and marines a sum of over $19 million. A Bogota-based court ruled on Tuesday the government owes nearly two...
Read MorePosted by Katharina Wecker | Aug 22, 2012 | Culture
Tickets for pop diva Lady Gaga’s concert in Colombia’s capital Bogota on November 6 will go on sale at the end of this month, the concert organizer announced Wednesday Fans of the super star will be able to secure...
Read MorePosted by Katharina Wecker | Aug 22, 2012 | News
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos announced Wednesday that a former paramilitary who has accused former president Alvaro Uribe of links to paramilitary groups will not be extradited to the United States. “To...
Read MorePosted by Katharina Wecker | Aug 22, 2012 | News
Police on Wednesday arrested the nephew of “Diego Rastrojo,” an alleged top commander of Colombia’s largest drug gang “Los Rastrojos,” in the southwestern Valle de Cauca department. Diego...
Read MorePosted by Katharina Wecker | Aug 22, 2012 | News
A Colombian judge on Tuesday sentenced 43 former members of ERPAC, a neo-paramilitary organization mostly active in the east Colombia, to four years in prison. The men were convicted on charges of conspiracy, according to local...
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