The FARC makes from $2.4 – $3.5 billion from narco-trafficking said Colombia’s Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon on Tuesday, who added that the estimated number of guerrillas now stood at…
Police have arrested the alleged military leader of neo-paramilitary group Urabeños in the northern department of Bolivar, reported local media Sunday. Authorities managed to detain Tulio Luis Gutierrez, alias “Paquetaco”,…
Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon shared the advances of Colombia’s Sword of Honor plan on Monday, an operation against the FARC and other armed gangs, with the U.S. The minister…
Colombia’s defense minister said Wednesday that kidnapping in his country has fallen by 12% in the first nine months of 2012, compared with the same period last year. The practice…
Colombia’s armed forces will not permit the ascension of FARC successor groups if the upcoming peace talks prove successful, claimed the defense minister Thursday. “If at the end we are…
Colombia’s defense ministry has claimed 110 children demobilized from illegal armed militias in 2012 so far, reported El Tiempo Wednesday. According to Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon “In the last…
The Colombian military has launched a counter-insurgency offensive to curb rebel attacks on infrastructure, announced Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon on Wednesday. According to Pinzon, the offensive, dubbed “Plan Republica,”…
Colombia Minister of Defense said Wednesday that the killing of a senior FARC commander in northern Colombia does not affect the peace negotiatons with the country’s largest rebel group FARC.…
At least 16 FARC guerrillas have been neutralized during military operations over the past few days, authorities said Tuesday. Various military operations on Monday and Tuesday resulted in at least…