Posted by Sarah Cast | Sep 29, 2011 | News
Disgraced ex-director of Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS Jorge Noguera, convicted for the paramilitary infiltration of the agency, has refused all cooperation with justice, Caracol Radio reported Wednesday. In an eight-page...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Sep 28, 2011 | Lite
Colombia’s police converted an imprisoned drug lord’s beloved black Ferrari, a symbol of the excesses of criminal gangs, into a police patrol car, newspaper El Tiempo reported. “The idea is to send a message to drug traffickers...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Sep 28, 2011 | News
Spanish police dismantled a narco-trafficking ring allegedly linked to Colombia’s now-defunct Cali Cartel, seizing 330 pounds of high-purity cocaine, Spanish news agency EFE reported Wednesday. Twenty-two suspects were detained...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Sep 28, 2011 | Economy
A new JP Morgan survey named Colombia as the second most promising country in Latin America for investment over the next three years, but determined that it will need to improve its investor relations before it can meet these...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Sep 27, 2011 | News
The left-wing guerrilla organization FARC set up over a dozen billboards on the road to San Vicente del Caguan, in the southwestern department of Caqueta, imposing an overnight curfew, Colombian media reported Monday. The...
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