191 guerrillas killed in 2012: Colombian Defense Minister
A total of 191 guerrillas have been killed in clashes with Colombian security forces this year, Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon said Thursday. Of the 191 killed, 176 were allegedly…
A total of 191 guerrillas have been killed in clashes with Colombian security forces this year, Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon said Thursday. Of the 191 killed, 176 were allegedly…
A Colombian official announced a new strategy for liberating civilian hostages held by guerrilla groups, Wednesday. In a Defense Ministry email, Director of the Presidential Human Rights Program Alma Viviana…
Security forces dismantled an ELN arms and uniforms factory in western Colombia, leaving one alleged member of the guerrilla group dead, reported local media Thursday. The complex was in the…
Once the FARC has released the ten political hostages currently in captivity, the Colombian government and the guerrillas must take steps towards a peace agreement resulting in the disarmament, demobilization…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos celebrated Colombia’s first landmine free town, said local media Tuesday. Santos attended a ceremony in the central Colombian town of San Carlos in Colombia’s Antioquia…
Colombia’s second largest guerrilla group the ELN presented the government with an ultimatum regarding oil company attacks, on their website Monday. In the press release the ELN’s Eastern Guerrilla Front…
A kidnapped oil worker released by guerrillas Tuesday said the army did not help him or his fellow hostages despite being only 150 yards away from where they were being…
Venezuela has arrested and deported one of the top commanders of guerrilla group ELN, Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos confirmed Saturday. “Caliche,” a member of the guerrilla group’s central command,…
Authorities on Thursday blamed Colombia’s second largest rebel group ELN for the kidnapping of 11 oil workers in the northeast of the country Tuesday. The army commander of the Arauca…