EU urges FARC to lay down arms
The European Union has called on the FARC to lay down their arms and release all prisoners, following the murder of four hostages during a rescue mission Saturday. The organization’s…
The European Union has called on the FARC to lay down their arms and release all prisoners, following the murder of four hostages during a rescue mission Saturday. The organization’s…
The bodies of four Colombian hostages executed by the FARC after more than 11 years in captivity were returned to their families in Bogota Tuesday. The remains were delivered to…
Colombian Vice-President Angelino Garzon has insisted that military rescue attempts of FARC hostages will continue, despite the deaths of four prisoners in an army operation Saturday. Garzon said the government…
The only FARC hostage to survive an army offensive on Saturday called the guerrillas “shameless liars” for killing his fellow prisoners after promising them freedom. Sergeant Luis Alberto Erazo Maya,…
A police official held captive by the FARC was able to escape his captors during an armed forces offensive in which four of his colleagues were executed by the rebels,…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos firmly condemned the execution of four captive members of the security forces who were killed by FARC rebels. According to the president, the execution “could…
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC has executed four or five members of the security forces in a botched attempt to rescue the men, the country’s defense minister announced Saturday. Confirmed…
Bogota police shot and killed a man on Wednesday as he held a family of six hostage in their home. The hostage-taker entered the family’s home through the roof in…
Colombian police captured an alleged FARC hostage caregiver, alias “La Mona,” outside a Neiva prison on Sunday while she was trying to visit an inmate in the southwestern department of…