A convicted felon who raped, tortured and murdered over 168 children could be free within four years, Colombian Senator Gilma Jimenez reported Monday. Luis Alfredo Garavito, known as “The Beast,”…
Relatives of hostages that the FARC have announced to free call on the Colombian government to accede to the rebels’ conditions for the release, reports ABC. The guerrilla group said…
Three weeks before it hits stores, the on-line version Juanes’ new album P.A.R.C.E. is Colombia’s top seller, according to daily magazine Eje 21 reports. Juanes’ single “Yo no regresas” has…
Former Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba in an exclusive interview with RCN Radio on Sunday declared that she will continue fighting for the freedom of all hostages despite her dismissal from…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Sunday announced the rescue of FARC hostages General Luis Mendieta and Colonel Enrique Murillo, who spent the last 12 years in captivity. The country’s defense minister…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Monday that if guerrilla group the FARC want to make “humanitarian gestures” then they should free hostages, instead of giving false hope by releasing proof…
A group of Colombians led by Senator Piedad Cordoba and former President Ernesto Samper will on Tuesday launch the Commission for Humanitarian Exchange – a group dedicated to promoting a…
As deceased FARC hostage Julian Ernesto Guevara was finally buried on Monday, after dying in captivity in 2006, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe pledged to liberate the remaining 22 soldiers currently…
Professor Gustavo Moncayo, the father of released FARC hostage Pablo Emilio Moncayo, told Colombian media Thursday that his son is making “satisfactory” progress, he appears “much calmer” than he did…