Tag: Minister of interior and justice

Minor sentenced for attempted assassination of former Colombian minister

A 16-year-old boy on Thursday was sentenced for his role in a May 2012 bombing that intended to assassinate a former Colombian government minister. The boy was sentenced to seven years in prison for the May 15, 2012 attack that...

Peace returns after labor strike ends: Minister

Colombia’s Interior and Justice Minister Germain Vargas Lleras said that the situation in the mining town of Puerto Gaitan is under control after more than a month of labor protests and riots, according to a report from...

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