Posted by Marguerite Cawley | Mar 7, 2011 | News
Police have captured a band of armed men responsible for stealing and causing havoc along the Magdalena River, El Colombiano reported Monday. Following several complaints from citizens of the region, police set up posts along...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Mar 4, 2011 | News
An attack reportedly carried out by the FARC in the Tolima department left three soldiers dead and two seriously injured, Colombian media reported Friday. The attack against the army members, thought to have been carried out by...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Mar 4, 2011 | News
The Colombian army captured four guerrillas thought to be responsible for the security of FARC leader Guillermo Leon Saenz, alias “Alfonso Cano,” newspaper Caracol Radio reported Friday. The four guerrillas, thought...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Mar 4, 2011 | News
The foreign ministers of Colombia and Venezuela have signed 13 agreements intended to increase cooperation between the neighboring countries, according to a Thursday report on the government website. The agreements were signed...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Mar 4, 2011 | News
Two women involved in the FARC’s kidnapping of the French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and of three U.S. military contractors have been sentenced to sixteen years in prison, Caracol Radio reported Friday....
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