Posted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Feb 4, 2013 | War and peace
The top commander of the largest guerrilla army in Colombia on Monday dismissed government criticisms about the rebels’ recent spree of kidnappings and said that “there is no crisis” regarding the ongoing peace...
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Colombia’s largest guerrilla group, the FARC, on Monday kidnapped two oil engineers in the southern Putumayo department. According to Caracol Radio, the FARC’s 48th Front, which is active in large parts of Putumayo, was...
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Colombia’s largest guerrilla group, the FARC, on Monday began their “armed strike” in the western department of Choco, effectively halting traffic on the road connecting the cities of Quibdo and Medellin. In...
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Approximately 1,200 Colombian convicts will be transferred from Ecuador to Colombia after the Colombian government signs a deal with Ecuador in April. The Colombian and Ecuadorian ministers of justice on Monday signed a...
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The families of the three Colombians captured by FARC guerrillas last week on Monday said that they expect their loved ones will return home soon. “I want to [send] my son lots of [strength]…there is only a little...
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