Posted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jan 10, 2013 | News
A leader of Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, has been killed in a clash with the Colombian army in the northwestern department of Antioquia, local media reported on Thursday. Alias “Victor,” or “El Negro,” was...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jan 10, 2013 | News
Drug wars and alliances between left-wing rebels and armed, criminal groups threaten stability along Colombia’s Pacific coast, says the commander of Colombia’s Navy in the Pacific. “In the Pacific operate...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jan 9, 2013 | News
Bogota Police arrested six presumed criminals while seizing more than 180 kilos of illegal narcotics in the Colombian capital’s most infamous district, the Bronx. Some 300 police officers participated in the raid against...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jan 8, 2013 | News
Violence attributed to Colombia’s largest rebel group, FARC, “diminished 80%” during the first week of January compared to the same period last year. According to the conflict-monitoring NGO Nuevo Arco Iris, January 2012 was the...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jan 7, 2013 | News
A former paramilitary commander and a former FARC leader could be tried for sex crimes committed by their subordinates, on Monday said Colombia’s Deputy Prosecutor General. According to the Prosecutor General’s...
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