Posted by Matt Snyder | Jul 18, 2011 | News
A Colombian bishop who had served as an intermediary between drug trafficking organizations and the government was transferred by the Vatican to a different seat Sunday, El Meridiano reported. Bishop Julio Cesar Vidal...
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The Prosecutor General’s Office accused the former director of Colombia’s tax agency of negligence during a public hearing Friday, El Espectador reported. Nestor Diaz, director of DIAN during the Uribe...
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Six soldiers and two police officials have been detained for murdering civilians and reporting them as guerrillas in “false positive” killings Friday, CM& Noticia reported. The men were accused of killing two...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 15, 2011 | Lite
The Colombian Carribbean city of Barranquilla crowned a new carnival queen Friday as it prepares for next year’s festivities. 22-year-old Andrea Jaramilo Char was selected as the 2012 Barranquilla carnival queen. Char has...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 15, 2011 | News
New information has been released that suggests the Uribe government in 2009 already knew about corruption by officials at the Colombian tax authority DIAN that according to the current administration has cost the state $340...
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