Posted by Travis Mannon | Oct 21, 2011 | News
An attack from the leftist guerrilla group FARC left at least six soldiers dead, two injured and another seven missing in southwest Colombia, authorities said Friday. According to newspaper El Tiempo, the Army had said that the...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Oct 21, 2011 | News
Former paramilitary leaders who have been extradited to the U.S. should serve the remainder of their sentence in Colombia, a commission from the Organization of American States (OAS) proposed. Colombian media reported that Judge...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Oct 20, 2011 | zSports
Police arrested a man suspected of killing Colombian soccer player Edison Chara after a card game near the outskirts of Cali, the capital of the western department of Cauca. Colombian media reported the suspect was captured just...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Oct 20, 2011 | News
Paramilitary fighters who demobilized under the Justice and Peace Law will be released if not tried by 2014, the Organization of American States (OAS) warned Colombia’s Justice Ministry Thursday. “By 2014, the...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Oct 20, 2011 | News
A landslide in central Colombia destroyed the main water supply pipeline of the capital city of the Caldas department, leaving 360,000 residents without water service, Colombian media reported Thursday. The local government of...
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