First politician on trial for ties with ELN
Lozano, member of the Convergencia Ciudadana Party, is accused by the prosecution of having served actively in ELN’s Domingo Laín front in Arauca, in the east of Colombia. The prosecution…
Lozano, member of the Convergencia Ciudadana Party, is accused by the prosecution of having served actively in ELN’s Domingo Laín front in Arauca, in the east of Colombia. The prosecution…
Martínez Rosales, who was arrested in Ibague, Tolima, is suspected to have made deals with the Tolima Bloc, a subdivision of the now demobilized United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC),…
Ponce told reporters that Ecuador has identified 10 points at the northern border region, where police have been stationed to prevent Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels from crossing…
The Chief Prosecutor’s words are quite different from those expressed earlier by members of the government.Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos, a hardliner within the Uribe administration, had said Monday ‘Karina’…
The organization had subdivisions in Mexico, Panama, Peru, Chile and Venezuela and ran money exchange shops as fronts for their illegal activities.Prior to the arrests, Colombian authorities discovered that companies,…
Thomas Shannon, the top US State Department official in charge of Latin America, said that he was “surprised” by the negative reaction from Venezuela and Ecuador to a “neutral” report…
Landslides blocking the original route, prevented the planned departure from Caldas.The cyclists therefore were forced to start 35 kilometers up the road in Puenta Iglesia. Sevilla won the sprint in…
Dumas de Jesús “Carecuchillo” Castillo Guerrero, suspect of the Mapiripán massacre, surrendered Tuesday to Colombian authorities. He was wanted for his alleged part in the 1997 massacre during which at…
Two officials of the Linguistic Policy Department of the Basque country regional government arrived Monday in Bogotá to participate in the first workshop on how to protect native languages in…