Posted by Matt Snyder | Jun 23, 2011 | News
Colombia’s constitutional court ruled Thursday that authorities must first consult with indigenous people before eradicating drug crops on native lands, Caracol Radio reported. Interior Minister German Vargas Lleras called...
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Israel Thursday declined to give a date for their response to a Colombian extradition request for an Israeli mercenary. Colombia requested the extradition of Yar Klein, a former colonel in the Israeli army on January 27, but...
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Two air force officers were arrested in France Thursday for their connection to a 1998 airstrike that killed 17 civilians, including six children. Colonel Sergio Andres Garzon Velez and major German David Lamilla Santos were...
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Colombia’s inspector general banned the former head of the Bogota Urban Development Institute (IUD) from holding public office for 18 years due to fiscal irregularities found in public transportation projects, Caracol...
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A donkey bit off an elderly man’s fingertip in a city on the Caribbean Coast Wednesday. 65-year-old Saul Rodriguez Torregrosa of the coastal city of Cienaga lost the tip of his left middle finger when his donkey suddenly...
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