Posted by Toni Peters | Sep 16, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Thursday absolved a U.S. citizen of the charge of lewd and lascivious acts with children, but upheld his prison sentence for the possession of child pornography. The Criminal Chamber of the...
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Nine military officers on Thursday were sentenced to 46 years and six months in prison for the “false positive” killing of three peasants in a rural area near Cali, southwest Colombia, in 2007. The military officers...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Sep 16, 2011 | News
A man who kidnapped and robbed TV presenter and actress Carolina Cruz, among numerous other victims, has been sentenced to 44 years and six months in prison for the crimes of kidnapping and robbery, Colombian media reported...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Sep 16, 2011 | News
President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday welcomed the U.S. State department’s judgement of Colombia as “human rights compliant” and said that because of the certification, $20 million in military funding will...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Sep 15, 2011 | Economy
South Korea’s leading steel maker Posco signed a preliminary agreement with Colombian energy developers Blue Pacific and Fanalca to form two joint ventures. Posco hopes to establish a company jointly with Blue Pacific...
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