Perpetrators of failed 2012 assassination of ex-minister convicted
A gang leader and alleged ally of rebel group FARC was sentenced to 56 years in prison on Monday...
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Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for attack on former minister
A Colombian judge sentenced Ulises Castellanos Beltran to 30 years in prison after an...
Colombia detains FARC members accused of attack on former minister
Colombian authorities have captured six alleged FARC guerrillas linked to the attempted...
Uribe aide joins list calling for Obdulio to leave Senate race
Fernando Londoño, a close ally of former President Alvaro Uribe and a minister during his first...
Minor sentenced for attempted assassination of former Colombian minister
A 16-year-old boy on Thursday was sentenced for his role in a May 2012 bombing that intended to assassinate a former Colombian government minister. The boy was sentenced to seven years in prison for the May 15, 2012 attack that...
Authorities arrest perpetrator in Londoño attack
Authorities have captured another alleged participant in the attack against Colombia’s former minister Fernando Londoño Hoyos. Members of Colombia’s Counter-terrorism Committee, the Technical Investigation Team...
Interpol warrants arrest of alleged perpetrators of Bogota bomb attack on ex-minister
Interpol on Thursday submitted an international arrest warrant for two gang members allegedly involved in the attack against a Colombian ex-minister earlier this year in Bogota. A “red notice” capture alert has been...
Bogota police arrest suspects of Londoño assassination attempt
Colombian authorities on Tuesday captured seven men allegedly responsible for the May bombing which targeted former minister of the interior, Fernando Londoño, and left two dead and 48 seriously injured. The former minister, who...
3,000 troops brought in to reinforce security in Bogota
Colombia’s army announced Thursday it will bring 3,000 additional troops to Bogota in order to increase security measures in the nation’s capital. “This device is composed of men trained in different modalities...
Another suspect arrested in Bogota defused car bomb case
Authorities in Bogota captured another suspect Friday in the May 15 case of a car bomb that was discovered near police headquarters. William Cruz, alias “Yeison,” was arrested on charges of committing terrorism and...
Bogota house explosion caused by ‘FARC member’
A fatal blast at a house in Bogota Friday was caused by improper handling of explosives by an alleged FARC guerrilla, according to local authorities. “What we have established from investigations at this time is that the...
Prosecution says evidence links FARC to attack on ex-minister
Colombia’s chief prosecutor said Tuesday that investigators have found evidence between rebel group FARC was involved in the attack on a former Minister in Bogota earlier this month. “We have some well-consolidated...
