Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said that, if the FARC release their hostages, he does not rule out reaching a peace agreement with the leftist rebel group. In an interview with RCN Radio President Juan Manuel Santos said...
The FARC are entirely to blame for the deaths of four hostages executed during a military offensive, and claims they were to be released are preposterous, Colombia’s police and army chiefs said Wednesday. Police chief...
The archbishop of Cali has condemned the Colombian government’s use of deadly force against leftist guerrilla group the FARC. Archbishop Dario de Jesus Monsalve Mejia told RCN Radio that former FARC leader “Alfonso...
Former Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba told President Juan Manuel Santos that the FARC was willing to release the four executed hostages, Spanish newspaper Gara reported Monday. The four captives were executed Saturday during...
Pope Benedict XVI has condemned the execution of four hostages by the FARC and called for an end to violence in Colombia. The religious leader expressed his “pain” over the execution of the prisoners during a...
The families of the victims of the 1985 attack on the Bogota Palace of Justice have hit back at comments made on Monday by the new head of the Colombian armed forces. Just a week into his tenure, General Alejandro Navas courted...
Former Senator Piedad Cordoba will not follow through on her announcement of the unilateral release of 19 hostages held in captivity by the left-wing guerrilla group FARC, newspaper El Espectador reported Wednesday. Cordoba...
Colombia’s largest guerrilla group FARC demanded $3 million for the release of four kidnapped Chinese citizens. The Chinese citizens were taken hostage on June 8 in the Colombian department of Caqueta. Among the kidnapped...
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 Radio reported Thursday. The...
The State Council has sentenced the state to pay a large sum of money for failing to take appropriate measures to prevent a 1996 FARC attack on a military base, in which over 100 people were either killed, injured or taken...
Colombian armed forces rescued over 100 people held hostage by the FARC’s 34th Front in the Las Mercedes village of the Choco department on Tuesday night. The rescue mission was achieved after the armed forces managed to...
A new book to be released by a former FARC hostage claims that the HIV virus is spreading through the guerrilla group, revealed a chapter excerpted Sunday in El Espectador. Sergeant Arbey Delgado Argote was kidnapped in 1998 and...
