‘FARC’ bomb market over unpaid extortion demands
A bomb was detonated in a marketplace on Monday that left no injuries, but caused damage to several buildings in the municipality of Corinto in Colombia’s southwest department of Cauca.…
A bomb was detonated in a marketplace on Monday that left no injuries, but caused damage to several buildings in the municipality of Corinto in Colombia’s southwest department of Cauca.…
Colombian former beauty queen Debbie Castañeda has been implicated in a scandal involving alleged illegal Italian business bonuses, reported Italian and Colombian news sources Thursday. The scandal was revealed after…
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC is attempting to extort the Colombian offices of multinational companies like Microsoft, Nike and Toyota, and oil companies, President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday. According…
A grenade allegedly belonging to the leftist guerrilla group FARC exploded Wednesday in a mall in Neiva, the capital city of the central Huila department. According to authorities, the grenade…
A former official of the Social Security Institute (ISS) was sentenced to five years in prison for fraud and extortion, Colombia media reported Tuesday. Omar Rojas Niño was fraudulently contracted…
The suspended Bogota mayor Samuel Moreno faces four charges in his corruption case, which could lead to over 20 years in prison, with Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office stating that he…
The Chinese oil workers kidnapped by alleged FARC members were taken hostage for the purpose of extortion, with the rebel group seeking to receive ransom money, according to police, Caracol…
Partido de la U Congressman Luis Fernando Ochoa said the man captured for trying to extort him out of $111,000 over the past months was being directed by a fellow…
Two demobilized guerrillas from the FARC and ELN have been captured while receiving an extortion payment in Ibague, the capital of the central Colombian department Tolima, El Espectador reported on…