Posted by Rob Edmond | Oct 31, 2012 | News
A Colombian judge on Wednesday sentenced a former prosecutor of an anti-mafia unit to five years in prison after finding him guilty of aiding drug traffickers. Leobaldo Latorre was convicted of having links with the drug...
Read MorePosted by Rob Edmond | Oct 31, 2012 | News
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday sent a message of solidarity to victims of Hurricane Sandy that has killed at least 40 in the U.S. Santos expressed via twitter his “Solidarity with the victims of Hurricane...
Read MorePosted by Rob Edmond | Oct 30, 2012 | News
Colombia president Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday stressed that those responsible for the killing of six policemen on Monday will not go unpunished. The assurance from the president came after news that 6 policemen were killed...
Read MorePosted by Rob Edmond | Oct 30, 2012 | News
A Medellin volunteer of the YMCA has been assassinated in his home, the international youth organization announced Tuesday. The YMCA volunteer and rapper “El Duke,” a member of the hip hop group Comando Elite de...
Read MorePosted by Rob Edmond | Oct 30, 2012 | War and peace
The festive season in Colombia could mark the beginning of “reunion and love” as a citizens’ initiative attempts the government and the FARC to agree on a month-long ceasefire. REDEPAZ, a citizens’...
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