Canadian hostage will remain in captivity: ELN
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, on Monday said that the Canadian miner kidnapped by the group in late January will “remain” in captivity. “The Canadian engineer Jernoc Wobert…is…
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, on Monday said that the Canadian miner kidnapped by the group in late January will “remain” in captivity. “The Canadian engineer Jernoc Wobert…is…
Colombia’s Ministry of Defence on Wednesday labelled recent attacks on civilians, supposedly by the FARC, Colombia’s largest left-wing rebel group, as “evil”, local media reported. The attacks in question resulted…
The Colombian government on Friday implored political parties to refrain from using violent acts by terrorist groups and criminal organizations for political gain. “We do not believe that political interests…
Since peace talks with the FARC, Colombia’s largest left-wing insurgency group were formally inaugurated in October of 2012 in Norway, 845 guerrillas have reportedly been “neutralized,” claimed the Colombia’s minister of…
Colombia’s defense minister on Wednesday rejected the FARC’s kidnapping of two policemen in the southwestern Valle del Cauca department. “Only the infamous justify their actions. We can see what is…
Armed criminal groups are active in only 10% of Colombia, said the country’s defense minister on Monday. “The criminal gangs were hit harder in 2012 than ever before. All those…
Colombia’s defense minister, Juan Carlos Pinzon, on Friday said the ceasefire called by FARC rebels was a “siren song.” Pinzon said the two-month, unilateral ceasefire called by the rebel group…
Colombia’s Minister of Defense said that the country’s two largest guerrilla groups currently have less than 10,000 members combined, local media reported on Thursday. “It is increasingly demonstrated that the…
Colombia’s Minister of Defense thanked members of the country’s security forces and said that 2013 will be the year of victory for Colombia’s military, reported local media on Monday. Finishing…