Posted by Tom Heyden | May 24, 2011 | News
Seven people have been sentenced to prison in Spain for the 2009 murder of Colombian drug lord Leonidas Vargas, who was shot dead while receiving treatment in a Madrid hospital, EFE reported Tuesday. The assassins, who were all...
Read MorePosted by Tom Heyden | May 24, 2011 | News
Alleged guerrilles of the FARC continued their blockade of a river in the western Colombian department of Choco, holding some 250 people hostage in a small village, despite allowing some river travelers to leave on foot. The...
Read MorePosted by Tom Heyden | May 24, 2011 | News
A helicopter crash in the rural north Colombian department of Norte de Santander has left two dead Monday, Caracol Radio reported. National authorities believe that stormy weather associated with the rainy season was the primary...
Read MorePosted by Tom Heyden | May 24, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced that he has appointed new Colombian ambassadors to Venezuela and Germany. The president said via Twitter that “I have appointed Barranquilla businessman Carlos Cure as the...
Read MorePosted by Tom Heyden | May 23, 2011 | News
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has said that the Colombian state and paramilitaries are culpable for 16,000 forced disappearances in the country over the last three decades, Spanish news agency EFE reported Monday....
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