Colombia: World’s 8th-highest terrorist risk
Colombia was ranked eighth in the Terrorism Risk Index (TRI), a list developed in London to show the countries most in danger of terrorist attack, reported Caracol on Wednesday. Compiled…
Colombia was ranked eighth in the Terrorism Risk Index (TRI), a list developed in London to show the countries most in danger of terrorist attack, reported Caracol on Wednesday. Compiled…
Interpol Colombia said in a statement Thursday that the priority of the international intelligence organization is to capture wanted members of guerrilla groups FARC and ELN. Colombia’s Interpol office, which…
Colombian national police on Tuesday arrested a member of guerrilla group ELN who was wanted for the kidnapping of United States citizen Jose Yesid Ceballos. The suspected criminal was intercepted…
Leaders of Colombia’s two largest guerrilla groups, FARC and ELN, met three times on Venezuelan soil to agree the recently announced non-agression pact and improve cooperation between the groups’ armies,…
More than 2,600 fighters deserted illegal armed groups in 2009, Colombian authorities announced on Monday. Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, suffered the most desertions, the Defense Ministry’s Program for…
President Alvaro Uribe declared his New Year’s intention to rescue all hostages held by illegal groups throughout Colombia in an interview Wednesday with the National Police Station. During the interview,…
An alliance between Colombia’s two largest rebel groups, FARC and ELN, is impossible because of the groups’ disagreements, specifically those concerning control over drug trafficking, Colombian Armed Forces commander Freddy…
The FARC and ELN are moving towards an alliance to deal “firmly and belligerently” with the government of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, announced guerrilla commanders Wednesday. “We went to work…
The Prosecutor General is investigating 155,977 murders committed over the last 20 years based on information supplied by close to 4,000 demobilized guerrillas and paramilitaries participating the Justice and Peace…