Posted by Tom Heyden | May 10, 2011 | News
At least three adults and one child were injured when Colombia’s armed forces opened fire upon a group of civilians in the southern department of Caqueta. Armed forces admitted to the apparent accident in San Vicente del...
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A police raid to round up homeless people was filmed by one of the participants, a policeman-in-training, and later posted on YouTube, newspaper El Espectador reported Monday. About six minutes in, the amateur video of the raid,...
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The extradition of alleged drug lord Walid Makled has been completed Monday morning, with the Venezuelan being returned to his home country after nine months of detention in Colombia, reported various media sources. The alleged...
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A new book to be released by a former FARC hostage claims that the HIV virus is spreading through the guerrilla group, revealed a chapter excerpted Sunday in El Espectador. Sergeant Arbey Delgado Argote was kidnapped in 1998 and...
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Three Colombians have been killed in Venezuela in separate incidents occurring within the space of 24 hours, Caracol Radio reported Monday. Two Colombian traders, Giovanni Hernandez Ortiz and Armando Diaz Rojas, were murdered in...
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