Court orders release of indigenous leader
A Colombian judge has ordered the release of indigenous leader Feliciano Valencia, who was arrested Saturday for his role in the 2008 capture and whipping of a Colombian soldier on…
A Colombian judge has ordered the release of indigenous leader Feliciano Valencia, who was arrested Saturday for his role in the 2008 capture and whipping of a Colombian soldier on…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said this weekend that members of the army who commit “false positives” killings do not receive “a single penny as reward” from the government, reported Caracol…
Officials from Colombia and Peru will meet Friday to discuss developing a system of information sharing, as part of a plan for international cooperation in the fight against terrorism and…
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will visit Colombia from April 14 to 15 to strengthen the two nations’ military relationship, and discuss the base-sharing agreement signed between the two countries…
Juan Manuel Santos, front-runner presidential candidate and Partido de la U leader, admits having in the past met personally with “Raul Reyes,” the assassinated spokesman for guerrilla group the FARC, reported…
Colombia’s armed forces commander General Freddy Padilla said Wednesday the army must focus on preventing kidnappings by guerrilla group the FARC, and that it will not stop using force to…
Colombia’s army is implicated in over 2,300 civilian murders investigated by Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office in the last 25 years, according to a special report published by Caracol Radio Monday.…
The Colombian army says it captured 57 FARC guerillas, some of whom were killed, in operations across the country over this year’s Easter holiday week. Some 50 military operations against…
The US-Colombia military base agreement is completely misunderstood, and it is one of the many examples of U.S. military agreements aimed at exporting security in order to stay out of…