Colombians march for release of hostages
Colombians are taking to the streets in 50 cities Tuesday to demand an end to violence and the immediate release of hostages held by illegal armed groups. Organizers are hoping…
Colombians are taking to the streets in 50 cities Tuesday to demand an end to violence and the immediate release of hostages held by illegal armed groups. Organizers are hoping…
Police in Colombia and Spain coordinated the rescue of a Spanish citizen Friday who was abducted while traveling in Cali on business. A team of Colombia’s anti-kidnapping police found the…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos visited a police officer Sunday who escaped his FARC captors after being held for over 12 years. Santos visited Sergeant Luis Alberto Erazo Maya who…
A group of 11 men allegedly belonging to Colombia’s guerrilla network ELN kidnapped three miners on Monday in the municipality of Bagado in the northwest department of Choco. The miners…
Former Colombian vice-presidential candidate and kidnap victim Clara Rojas, has called a new film that tells the story of her son an “outrage.” Rojas spent six years in captivity following…
A post-mortem investigation has confirmed that a body discovered Thursday is that of kidnapped Colombian Sergeant Francisco Aldemar Franco Zamora, newspaper El Espectador reports. Investigators from the Prosecutor General’s Office…
A Colombian girl that was kidnapped for 19 days in September will travel to the Vatican in Italy to meet the Pope Benedict on December 12, according to the Catholic News…
An average of four children are kidnapped each month in Colombia, most by common criminals, according to an NGO report released Monday. According to a report by the non-profit foundation…
A New York court sentenced Monday two members of left wing guerrilla group FARC to 10 and 15 years in prison for their role in the 2008 kidnapping of an…