Posted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jan 28, 2013 | News
Four people were killed on Sunday in what authorities described as a showdown between neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños” and drug-trafficking gang “Los Rastrojos.” The bodies were found by police in...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jan 27, 2013 | News
Colombia rebel group FARC has stepped up its attacks against security forces and infrastructure to a level that exceeded the level of violence preceding the announcement of peace talks with the government in August. Colombia...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jan 25, 2013 | News
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, could grow from 2,500 to 6,000 armed members if not allowed to participate in the ongoing FARC-government peace talks, said conflict-monitoring NGO Indepaz on Friday. According to...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jan 25, 2013 | News
A prosecutor who specialized in Colombia’s paramilitary demobilization process was transferred after working in the same department for more than six years, raising fears that years worth of insight could be lost. According to...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jan 25, 2013 | News
The FARC, Colombia’s largest rebel group, on Friday bombed a gas pipeline in the northern La Guajira department, leaving thousands of people in the area without gas. The attack on the Ballenas-Barrancabermeja pipeline,...
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