Posted by Tom Heyden | Mar 17, 2011 | News
The Council of State has ordered the Ministry of Defense and the civil aviation authority to compensate the family of a soldier who died in a plane crash over 20 years ago, El Espectador reported Thursday. Ricardo Aldana Medina,...
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The current ombudsman of Bogota, Francisco Rojas Birry, has been accused of courting the support of paramilitaries in his 1998 senate election campaign, Caracol reported Thursday. Rojas Birry, who is also presently under...
Read MorePosted by Tom Heyden | Mar 16, 2011 | News
More than 200 non-governmental organizations sign a manifesto calling on the European Union (E.U.) to strike down its free trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia, EFE reported Wednesday. The FTA between the E.U. and Colombia, as...
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Police report that the FARC attacked a police station in Cauca, southwest Colombia, in the early hours of Wednesday, laying siege to the building for just under an hour. The group allegedly used unconventional weapons, with an...
Read MorePosted by Tom Heyden | Mar 16, 2011 | News
Three men who are wanted for extradition to the U.S. on drug trafficking charges are captured in Colombia’s capital Bogota, El Tiempo reported Wednesday. The men are Jose Fernando Gutierrez Lopesierra, the brother of the...
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