Posted by Tom Heyden | Mar 23, 2011 | News
Colombia’s defense minister has called on Congress not to grant political status to neo-paramilitary groups, as they lack any political ideology and are simply “vulgar narco-traffickers,” RCN Radio reports...
Read MorePosted by Tom Heyden | Mar 23, 2011 | News
The cities of Medellin and Villavicencio constitute 40% of Colombia’s forced disappearance cases currently being investigated, according to the U.N. Medellin, in the north-west department of Antioquia, and Villavicencio,...
Read MorePosted by Tom Heyden | Mar 22, 2011 | News
Extradited former AUC commander Ever Veloza, alias “H.H.,” has claimed that the government of ex-President Alvaro Uribe pressured him to keep quiet about paramilitary ties to politicians, the military and...
Read MorePosted by Tom Heyden | Mar 22, 2011 | News
The defense ministers of Colombia and Honduras met Tuesday to discuss the progress of cooperation between the two nations in the fight against international crime, with particular focus on international arms trafficking. Rodrigo...
Read MorePosted by Tom Heyden | Mar 22, 2011 | News
More than $2.5 million fake U.S. banknotes have been confiscated by police after being discovered in Cali, El Pais reported Tuesday. Colonel Wilson Baron, deputy commander of the local police, explained that police found 6,400...
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