FARC releases kidnapped helicopter pilots
FARC guerrillas released two civilian helicopter pilots they were holding hostage to members of the International Committee of the Red Cross Sunday. The pilots, who were kidnapped July 10, were…
FARC guerrillas released two civilian helicopter pilots they were holding hostage to members of the International Committee of the Red Cross Sunday. The pilots, who were kidnapped July 10, were…
Indigenous leaders in the southwest in Colombia on Friday suspended reconciliation talks with the government after the country’s ministers of interior and defense failed to attend the scheduled meeting. “We…
The neo-paramilitary network Aguilas Negras (Black Eagles) issued pamphlets on Friday threatening “FARC symphatizers” with “social cleansing” in Colombia’s southwestern Cauca department. “The time for social cleansing in northern Cauca has…
Colombia’s National Police have seized 78 rifles allegedly belonging to the Sixth Front of the rebel group FARC in the southwestern Cauca department, said the police in a press statement…
Colombia’s inspector general requested ex-senator Piedad Cordoba be investigated for urging an indigenous group in southwestern Colombia to rebel against the government. The Prosecutor General’s Office will investigate Cordoba for…
Colombia’s defense minister Juan Carlos Pinzon claimed Thursday the FARC’s top leaders are living outside the country. “Since Alfonso Cano died the FARC’s leaders are no longer living in Colombia,”…
An ex-Colombian senator called on indigenous groups Wednesday in Cauca to challenge the military and possibly initiate a coup against the president, reported local media. Speaking passionately with Nasa tribe community…
The FARC’s supreme leader said Wednesday the guerrilla organization will leave the violence-plagued Cauca department once government security foces and neo-paramilitary groups abandon the area. “When the military, the police…
Colombian police confiscated a large stash of ammunition allegedly belonging to the left-wing rebel group the FARC in the southwestern Cauca department, reported local media Tuesday. The 50MM bullets were…