Families call on FARC to keep word and release hostages
Worried families of the two hostages who the FARC failed to release on Sunday called on the rebel group to keep its word and free their loved ones as promised.…
Worried families of the two hostages who the FARC failed to release on Sunday called on the rebel group to keep its word and free their loved ones as promised.…
Brazilian helicopters carrying mediator Piedad Cordoba and Red Cross delegates leaves the airport of Ibague Sunday morning for the last of three hostage release operations. The mission took to the…
The FARC will not release two, but three hostages on Sunday, mediator Piedad Cordoba announced on her Twitter. According to the former senator, the guerrillas will not just release police…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Saturday fiercely criticized this week’s releases of hostages by the FARC, calling them an ” absurd media show.” The president was mostly disturbed by the…
A pensioner who had been kidnapped on Thursday was found dead in the south western department of Cauca, close to where he was kidnapped. A group of heavily armed men…
The southern Colombian town of Florencia is ready for the arrival of two FARC hostages who are expected to be released Friday afternoon. The Brazilian helicopters carrying the team responsible…
President Juan Manuel Santos says he was tempted to delay the FARC’s release of hostages after the kidnapping of two workers in Cauca on Wednesday, Caracol reports Thursday. The two…
Amnesty International urges Colombia’s guerrilla groups to stop all kidnapping and hostage taking. The human rights group released a statement Thursday welcoming the FARC’s release of hostage Marcos Baquero, but…
Following the release of the first of five FARC hostages, former Senator Piedad Cordoba, Red Cross delegates and a government representative began preparing for the release of two more hostages…