Supreme Court denies ‘El Aleman’ extradition
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday denied the U.S.’s extradition request for Freddy “El Aleman” Rendon Herrera, a former top paramilitary leader wanted by the U.S. for drug trafficking. A court…
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday denied the U.S.’s extradition request for Freddy “El Aleman” Rendon Herrera, a former top paramilitary leader wanted by the U.S. for drug trafficking. A court…
For North Americans who want to sample Colombia’s beaches, jungles or urban nightlife it just got a bit easier; Colombian airline Avianca is improving flight connections to the U.S., Mexico and…
Venezuela supports Colombian guerrilla group the FARC, providing the rebels with logistical and financial support, U.S. Southern Command General Douglas Fraser said Wednesday, reports El Tiempo. The general said at…
The U.S. announced it will pay a $5 million reward for information on Colombian drug lord Maximiliano Orozco Bonilla alias “Valenciano,” one of the leaders of Medellin’s “Office of Envigado”…
An investigation by Caracol Radio found that Colombian congressman Enrique Chapman is listed as a fugitive from justice in files belonging to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons. Chapman, a congressional representative…
Colombian commander of the armed forces, General Freddy Padilla, will on Wednesday meet with military heads from Mexico and the U.S. to discuss working together to combat drug-trafficking and terrorism,…
Bolivian President Evo Morales ripped into his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe on Tuesday, calling the Andean leader “an agent of the empire”, who attended the Rio Group Summit in Mexico…
Colombia’s trade surplus tripled in 2009 to $1.66 billion, up from $471 million the previous year, according to statistics released by the national statistics department DANE on Tuesday. This dramatic…
Colombia’s state-owned oil company Ecopetrol announced Friday the discovery of new oil reserves in Huila department, western Colombia. Drilling began in October at the Tempranillo North-1 well, in the township…