US to dismiss cocaine charges against Simón Trinidad
Simón Trinidad, whose real name is Ricardo Palmera, is already serving a 60-year prison sentence on an unrelated hostage-taking charge, but the U.S. had hoped to convict him on cocaine…
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Data stolen from victims support groups
The archives contained important data to help victims of paramilitaries claim reparation according to the Justice and Peace law, a law trying to demobilize paramilitaries, make them confess their crimes…
Daniel ‘El Loco’ Barrera is Colombia’s new #1 drug trafficker
Thanks to alliances with both demobilized paramilitaries, the FARC and even members of Colombia’s security forces, El Loco now is the most powerful and at the same time Colombia’s most…
Thousands affected by heavy rains, floods and landslides
During the weekend heavy rains affected villages and towns in the departments of Bolivar, Antioquia, Huila, Narino and Risaralda, said Disaster Prevention and Response Office director Luz Amanda Pullido. The…
Canada says close to trade deal with Colombia
Emerson also presented legislation to Parliament to enact a free trade pact with the European Free Trade Association, comprised of Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. The EFTA accord, completed last…
17.000 children in Bogotá forced to child labor
Luisa Fernanda Manosalva, District Project Coordinator of Child labour exploitation in Bogotá, says that the most difficult thing is to convince parents that do work for children is a crime:…
Five Colombian soldiers die in combat
The local commander, Gen. Paulino Coronado, says the five were killed Friday in a rural area of Tibu, a hotly contested coca-growing region near the Venezuelan border.Coronado said Saturday his…
“Betancourt still has ambitions to become president”
“Ingrid is very intelligent and has managed to exploit the moments of solitude to advance and mature her political ideas,” Pérez said during his speech during Global Greens, a conference…
FARC bombed Cano Limón pipeline, Ecopetrol says
The pipeline, which carries 100,000 barrels of oil a day from a field shared by Ecopetrol and Occidental Petroleum Corp., was expected to resume operation over the weekend after military-escorted…