Posted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jul 2, 2012 | News
Colombian ex-police chief Oscar Naranjo was confirmed as security adviser of Mexico’s newly-elected President Enrique Peña Monday. Luis Vide Garay, the chief of Peña’s presidential campaign, said to Colombia’s W Radio that...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jul 2, 2012 | News
President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday called on more than 2,000 people who live in the vicinity of the central Colombian Nevado del Ruiz volcano to respond to evacuation orders. The volcano, located between the central...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jul 2, 2012 | News
A suspected FARC attack interrupted a soccer game and wounded two police officers in western Colombia, reported radio station Caracol Monday. The alleged attack occurred in the western department of Choco Sunday just after local...
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Colombian police have claimed a FARC column is behind the killing of five presumed members of the drug trafficking group “Los Rastrojos” in southwest Colombia, reported newspaper El Colombiano Sunday. The killings...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jun 29, 2012 | News
More than 1,500 people marched Thursday in solidarity with local protests against the new “Tres Cruces” army base in the southwestern Cauca department, reported news agency Prensa Rural and others. The marchers explicitly asked...
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