Extradited FARC leader testifies via webcam
Extradited FARC leader Ricardo Palmera, alias “Simon Trinidad,” appeared before Colombian authorities via webcam from his U.S. prison on Monday to provide testimony on a 2002 FARC attack, according to a…
Extradited FARC leader Ricardo Palmera, alias “Simon Trinidad,” appeared before Colombian authorities via webcam from his U.S. prison on Monday to provide testimony on a 2002 FARC attack, according to a…
The Colombian army says it captured 57 FARC guerillas, some of whom were killed, in operations across the country over this year’s Easter holiday week. Some 50 military operations against…
Colombian soldier Josue Daniel Calvo, who was released from FARC custody on Sunday, is reported to have been shot five times during his kidnapping at the hands of the FARC.…
Colombian president Alvaro Uribe on Sunday opened the doors to a possible humanitarian exchange with the FARC in order to secure the release of the remaining hostages in FARC custody.…
Colombian authorities on Wednesday arrested another top commander of the drug-running neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños”. The alleged paramilitary leader, Ovidio de Jesus Cardona Borja, was apprehended by Colombian national police…
Piedad Cordoba announced, via her Twitter page, that she will not be transmitting up-to-the-minute information on the upcoming FARC hostage release because there is no signal in the jungle. Cordoba’s…
According to local police commander Gustavo Adolfo Ricaurte, leftist guerilla group the FARC torched seven semi-trucks Monday night in the western Colombian Valle del Cauca department. The incident, which occurred…
Former Colombian President Andres Pastrana denied on Wednesday that he had authorized Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to meet with the FARC, as Chavez had previously claimed. Pastrana, president of Colombia…
Following six months of intelligence work searching for the wanted FARC guerilla, the Colombian National Police announced on Tuesday that they have captured “Mocho Jordan”, the head of the guerilla…