Posted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Aug 2, 2012 | News
Colombia’s capital Bogota extends its ban on carrying firearms in public spaces for another three months, local media reported Thursday. General Gabriel Pinilla of the Colombian Army’s Bogota-based 8th Brigade said the...
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A soldier from the Colombian Army’s fifth brigade murdered his lieutenant in northern Colombia, reported local media Thursday. The brigade said the soldier was “out of control” when he turned his personal rifle against the...
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Falcao’s Spanish side Atletico Madrid won a 2-1 friendly game Wednesday against Colombia’s Atletico Nacional in the city of Medellin. Atletico Nacional’s striker John Pajoy scored the first goal at Medellin’s Atanasio Girardot...
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Colombia’s Constitutional Court has ordered the Colombian defense ministry to organize the armed forces’ retreat from indigenous territory in the southeastern departments of Meta and Guaviare, local media reported Thursday. The...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Aug 1, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to order investigations against eight ranking public officials for suspected ties to an extradited drug trafficker. Six Colombian police and army generals,...
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