Posted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jul 3, 2012 | News
FARC guerrillas have burned a bus in the northern part of Colombia, local authorities said Tuesday. The alleged FARC guerrillas approached the bus, owned by the bus company Coonorte, in civilian clothing and forced the driver...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jul 3, 2012 | News
The Colombian National Army on Tuesday claimed to have dismantled two drug production facilities, seizing more than 800 kilograms of coca paste. According to an press release, the army dismantled a cocaine laboratory belonging...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jul 3, 2012 | Lite
Miss Arauca was crowned “International Joropo Queen” Tuesday at an event in eastern Colombia celebrating the local Llanera culture, reported newspaper El Pais. Yulitsa Tatiana Siniva was praised for her artistic antics, the...
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Colombian ex-police chief Mauricio Santoyo Velasco handed himself over to U.S. authorities in the state of Virgina on Tuesday morning amid accusations of collaboration with crime syndicate Oficina de Envigado, reported newspaper...
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The director of the Drug Policy Alliance on Tuesday praised Colombia’s decision to legalize personal possession of cocaine and marijuana, saying the decision is a part of a wider progressive tendency in Latin America. In an...
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