Police arrest alleged FARC hostage jailer
Police in central Colombia have arrested a woman who allegedly kept FARC kidnap victims imprisoned in her house. Colombian media reported that Margarita Cortez Calderon, alias “La Mona,” was arrested…
Police in central Colombia have arrested a woman who allegedly kept FARC kidnap victims imprisoned in her house. Colombian media reported that Margarita Cortez Calderon, alias “La Mona,” was arrested…
24 people who reportedly had been kidnapped Friday in the Pacific waters just off the southwest-Colombian coast have been released, authorities said Saturday. The release of the local farmers and…
At least 16 people have been kidnapped in the Pacific waters off the southwest of Colombia Friday, authorities said Friday. The victims are local fishermen and farmers who were traveling…
Authorities have arrested 30 suspected members of criminal gangs operating in the municipality of Bello, north of Medellin, the Prosecutor General’s Office anounced Tuesday. In a statement published on its…
A kidnapped foreigner has been rescued by the Colombian intelligence agency DAS and the military near the northern Colombian city of Santa Marta, newspaper El Tiempo reported Wednesday. Richard Anthony…
Three petrol workers, employed by a company contracted by Colombia’s state-run oil enterprise Ecopetrol, were kidnapped by an armed group, Colombian media reported. The kidnapping took place in a rural…
A judge sentenced an retired army colonel and eight other collaborators to 27 years each in prison for the kidnapping of a bogotano merchant, international media reported Thursday. According to Bogota’s Fourth…
A study reported that kidnappings in Colombia have increased 30% from the same period last year, El Espectador reported Friday. The Fundacion Pais Libre issued a report showing that the…
One police officer was killed by presumed members of the guerrilla group FARC during a hostage retrieval operation in northeastern department of Colombia, various media reported. The policeman, a former…