FARC says captured general to be released Sunday
The FARC rebel group on Thursday said that a Colombian general held by the group will be released Sunday, a day later than the date announced by President Juan Manuel Santos.
The FARC rebel group on Thursday said that a Colombian general held by the group will be released Sunday, a day later than the date announced by President Juan Manuel Santos.
President Juan Manuel Santos has ordered a suspension of military operations in the coastal region of Choco and confirmed that General Rubio Dario Alzate, held by the FARC since November 16, will be…
Transport companies halted operations between Medellin and the western Colombian state of Choco for Tuesday after the country’s second largest leftist rebel group, the ELN, had ordered a shutdown of…
When General Ruben Dario Alzate stepped off a boat on the Atrato River into the hands of FARC rebels, he managed to bring the country’s attention to one of Colombia’s…
Colombia’s second largest rebel force, the ELN, announced to enforce a 24-hour transportation shutdown in the western department of Choco for Tuesday.
President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday that humanitarian operations to release a general and four others who were recently captured are “underway.”
Economic development operations carried out by the Colombian military put communities in great risk for their lives, according to both local authorities and Washington think tank WOLA.
Colombia Army General Ruben Dario Alzate was captured by FARC guerrillas on Sunday, after walking straight into a FARC stronghold ignoring all security protocols.
A suspension of Colombia’s peace talks is close to coming to an end as foreign guarantors of the talks announced Wednesday that the FARC will release a captured army general and…