Santos ‘tempted’ to suspend hostage release
President Juan Manuel Santos says he was tempted to delay the FARC’s release of hostages after the kidnapping of two workers in Cauca on Wednesday, Caracol reports Thursday. The two…
President Juan Manuel Santos says he was tempted to delay the FARC’s release of hostages after the kidnapping of two workers in Cauca on Wednesday, Caracol reports Thursday. The two…
Since the FARC announced their plans to unilaterally release five hostages in order to honor former Senator Piedad Cordoba some have criticized the massive publicity for the rebel group that…
Colombian authorities captured four alleged FARC guerrillas held responsible for the kidnapping of a major who the rebels recently announced plans to release. In December 2010, the FARC announced that they…
Members of Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC kidnapped five people, of which four belong to one family, authorities said Tuesday. The incident took place outside the town of Tame in…
Several executives of the multinational oil company Ocensa are under investigation in connection with the kidnapping of a unionist and their alleged ties to paramilitaries, Noticias Uno reported Thursday. Unionist…
Colombian and Venezuelan minsters will meet on Friday in Cartagena to agree on the protocols in the fight against drugs and to improve the planning of the border security, EFE…
Kidnappings in Colombia are on the rise following 10 years of steady decline, according to official statistics released Monday. According to a report by Fondelibertad, a defense agency in charge of…
Honduras’ special investigation services (DNSEI) announced Friday that Colombian police are only in the country to train their Honduran counterparts, and are not participating in any operations, reports El Heraldo.…
Colombia’s Ministry of Defense on Thursday published e-mails it says were retrieved from the computers of slain FARC leader “Mono Jojoy,” which discuss public relations strategies and plan the 2009 kidnap…