‘Social cleansing’ threats flood towns in northwest Colombia
Authorities in at least two towns in northwestern Colombia are on high alert after pamphlets appeared that warned about pending “social cleansing” operations.
Authorities in at least two towns in northwestern Colombia are on high alert after pamphlets appeared that warned about pending “social cleansing” operations.
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos visited the French embassy in Bogota on Saturday to express his country’s “infinite solidarity” with France after Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris.
There is no credible evidence indicating that Cuba is sponsoring Colombia’s main rebel groups FARC and ELN, the Unites States government said in its annual terrorism report.
Authorities on Friday fiercely criticized rebel group ELN for allegedly using a soldier’s amputated leg to terrorize the local population of a town in northern Colombia.
The Colombian government and media on Thursday rejected an Islamist attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 and injured 11 in Paris the day before.
Colombia on Tuesday condemned a suicide bombing of a secondary school in Nigeria that killed at least 47 people the day before.
Colombia will not accept the request from United States to receive a group of prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, President Juan Manuel Santos said Monday.
Colombian presidential candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga denounced the FARC’s use of children to carry out acts of terror, Radio Santa Fe reported on Thursday.
A US general released a statement on Friday that the US will do “everything in our power” to help the Colombian Armed Forces end terrorism in Colombia.