Posted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jul 13, 2012 | News
A report from Colombian anti-kidnapping NGO Pais Libre released Thursday said there were 82 kidnappings in Colombia during the first three months of 2012, an 11% increase compared to the same period last year. The amount of...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jul 12, 2012 | News
The Colombian Air Force said Thursday afternoon two crew members manning a crashed airplane, which may have been shot down by guerrillas, had been found dead in the southwestern Cauca department. Air Force Commander General Tito...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jul 12, 2012 | News
An ex-paramilitary warlord imprisoned in the United States alleged Bogota’s current police commander “took bribes” from a prominent drug trafficker, newspaper El Espectador reported Wednesday. In 2010 a former leader of...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jul 12, 2012 | News
Colombian authorities detained a presumed Venezuelan drug trafficker in the eastern department of Boyaca, reported local media Thursday. The suspect, Jose Linares Benigno Caro, has been wanted by Venezuelan authorities and...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jul 12, 2012 | News
Former President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday asked prosecutor general to investigate accusations that he had ties to one of the founding members of paramilitary group the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). Por razones...
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