Teenagers murdered after Facebook death list
Three teenagers were murdered in southern Colombia, following death threats against them and 66 others on social media website Facebook. According to Colombian Ombudsman Volmar Perez, the three are part…
Three teenagers were murdered in southern Colombia, following death threats against them and 66 others on social media website Facebook. According to Colombian Ombudsman Volmar Perez, the three are part…
United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Philip Alston revealed Thursday that 30 corpses bearing torture marks have been found on the border of Colombia and Ecuador. According to the UN official,…
Colombian intelligence claim to have uncovered an document written by FARC commander in chief “Alfonso Cano” containing plans to “infiltrate” the Andean country’s national bicentenary celebrations on July 20. The…
Canadian oil company Gran Tierra Energy (GTE) announced Monday that it has discovered oil in Colombia’s Putumayo Basin and hopes to begin production in early 2011, announced the company’s website.…
A policeman was killed and another three were injured in an attack by Colombian guerrilla group the FARC in the south-western department of Putumayo, reported Colombian media. According to authorities,…
The Colombian armed forces on Wednesday claimed they killed FARC commander “Edgar Tovar” in an attack last month. According to the authorities, the prominent rebel was killed on January 20…
Colombian police have arrested the former leader of a right-wing paramilitary death squad accused of ordering at least 2,500 murders, judicial investigators said on Tuesday. Arnolfo Santamaria, alias “Pipa,” was…
The Colombian army claimed on Wednesday to have killed nine FARC guerrillas in the southern Colombian Putumayo department. Four injured guerrillas were arrested. Among those arrested are one woman and…
Cali authorities say they arrested the second commander of the FARC’s 48th Front, active in the highly volatile south of Colombia. The alleged guerrilla-leader, Delio ‘Juanca’ Tobón Ortiz is said…