Colombian rebel group ELN on Wednesday reportedly reminded Canadian mining firm Braeval that the release of their kidnapped employee depends on the returning of mining rights to local communities, not…
Canadian mining company Braeval Mining Corporation has decided to shut down its mining operations in Colombia, citing “unfavorable markets” while having failed to release one of its employees who is…
The US State department said on Monday that they are concerned about the welfare of ex-serviceman Kevin Scott Sutay who is being held hostage by the FARC in southern Colombia.
Colombia’s branch of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Sunday said to have established contact with rebel group FARC to mediate the release of a former US Navy seaman who was…
The United States on Saturday condemned the FARC for kidnapping of a former US Navy seaman in the south of Colombia.
Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, are holding a civil engineer hostage who had been kidnapped by ELN rebels in the north of Colombia last year, the army said Monday.…
A Spaniard has been kidnapped in the southwest of Colombia and has been held by his kidnappers for over a month, newspaper El Mundo from Spain reported Friday.
Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos on Monday announced the arrest of an ELN rebel commander held responsible for orchestrating the kidnapping of a Canadian citizen earlier this year.
A senior commander of Colombia’s largest rebel group ELN said Wednesday his organization will continue to kidnap foreigners in “defense of national sovereignty and natural resources.”