Colombia’s military training a ‘huge asset to the world’: US
United States Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel praised Colombia’s role as a “security...
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136 gang members captured in Buenaventura: Colombia President
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos told onlookers in Buenaventura that 136 members of dangerous...
Colombia asks UN to place key importance on recruitment of child soldiers
Colombia’s Minister of Defense asked the United Nations and other international...
Police make 42 arrests during Colombia elections
Police arrested 42 people Sunday for offenses related to Colombia’s congressional election...
Santos orders intervention after torture houses found in Pacific port city
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday said he has ordered security forces to take...
Medellin’s police intervention nets 335 arrests in 72 hours
Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon on Thursday confirmed 335 arrests were made in 72 hours as part of the police intervention in Medellin. According to the Ministry of Defense, since the start of the intervention on Monday, the...
Cordoba called to clarify murder plot accusations against Santos
Ex-senator Piedad Cordoba was called Tuesday before a congressional investigative committee to clarify her accusations that President Juan Manuel Santos was involved in an assassination plot against her. The legal proceedings,...
Elite troops to fight gangs in west Colombia
Colombia’s minister of defense announced plans to create a third elite military offensive to combat criminal gangs in the Pacific department of Choco. “The National Security Council has validated the decision made...
Demobilizing guerrillas, not criminal gangs, will receive benefits
Minister of Defense Rodrigo Rivera has offered a “second chance” for guerrillas who demobilize, through benefits and incentives, but closed that door to criminal gangs, who he said must surrender to justice. During...
Authorities arrest 2nd in command of Huila FARC column
Colombian police forces have captured Pedro Luis Gonzalez, alias “Genaro,” second in command of the FARC column “Teofilo Forero,” according to Minister of Defense Rodrigo Rivera. Rivera stated that the...
