Bombing Ecuador: in hindsight maybe not such a good idea
A court in Ecuador on Thursday threatened to seek an international arrest warrant for...
Tag: Raul Reyes
Colombia govt ‘kidnapped’ body of slain FARC leader: FARC (VIDEO)
Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, on Friday claimed that the government “kidnapped” the body of a former leader who was killed by the Colombian air force on Ecuadorian soil in 2008. Colombia’s...
FARC requests fallen members to be repatriated
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC on Monday asked authorities and the Red Cross to repatriate rebels who died in the bombing of a camp in Ecuador in 2008. A letter marked ”Urgent” and...
Uribe investigated for Colombia’s 2008 bombing in Ecuador
Colombia’s Congress on Thursday launched an investigation to establish whether former President Alvaro Uribe committed a crime when he ordered the 2008 bombing of a FARC guerrilla camp in Ecuador. The House of...
Ecuadorean president highlights improved relations with Colombia
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa says the relations between Colombia and Ecuador are at “one of the best moments in history” thanks to the foreign policy efforts of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. Correa, who took...
Santos defends Chavez ties
President Juan Manuel Santos defends his renewal of ties with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, saying the neighboring nation has almost entirely paid off its trade debt to Colombia. The Colombian president announced Venezuela had...
‘FARC planned to sell uranium to Venezuela’
Colombia’s leftist guerrilla group FARC was interested in selling uranium to the Venezuelan government in 2008, according to a Venezuelan opposition newspaper. Newspaper El Nacional based its accusations on allegedly...
Intl institute releases Spanish version of FARC files
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) released the Spanish version of their Strategic Dossier Wednesday, titled “The FARC Files: Venezuela, Ecuador, and the Secret Archive of “Raul Reyes,”...
Ecuador will not follow up on arrest warrant for Colombian officials
Ecuador’s foreign minister took distance from a regional court’s order to arrest six high Colombian security officials for the 2008 cross-border attack in which FARC commander “Raul Reyes” and 25 others...
Ecuador court orders arrest of Colombian police chief
An Ecuadorean court has issued an arrest warrant for Colombia’s National Police director for the 2008 cross-border raid in which FARC commander Raul Reyes and 25 others were killed, reported Colombian media Friday. The...
Colombia rejects Ecuadorean murder trial against military
Colombia’s foreign minister on Friday rejected the decision by a north-Ecuadorean court to start a murder trial against (former) Colombian military commanders in charge of the 2008 cross-border raid that killed FARC...
Colombian Supreme Court admits delays are ‘shameful’
The Colombian Supreme Court agreed with President Juan Manuel Santos’ grievances against the judiciary saying that delays in some trials are “shameful” and they would entertain the invitation of dialogue from...
