89 tons of drugs seized in Colombia in 2011
Colombian police authorities said Monday that they have confiscated 89 tons of narcotics so far in 2011, as well as destroying 69,000 acres of illicit crops and six clandestine airstrips.…
Colombian police authorities said Monday that they have confiscated 89 tons of narcotics so far in 2011, as well as destroying 69,000 acres of illicit crops and six clandestine airstrips.…
Colombia’s defense minister has called on Congress not to grant political status to neo-paramilitary groups, as they lack any political ideology and are simply “vulgar narco-traffickers,” RCN Radio reports Wednesday. Rodrigo…
The defense ministers of Colombia and Honduras met Tuesday to discuss the progress of cooperation between the two nations in the fight against international crime, with particular focus on international…
Following confirmation of the fall of FARC commander “Jeronimo Galeano” during combat in the Huila department, Colombia’s armed forces have dispatched additional counter-insurgent forces with the intent to capture or…
Colombia’s Defense Minister came under fire Wednesday amid ongoing security concerns and after one of his guards was arrested for the armed robbery of a Bogota girls’ school. Thursday’s attack…
Colombia and Panama have signed an agreement to combat criminal activity along their shared border, media reported Friday. The agreement, titled the “Binational Plan for Border Security,” was signed Thursday…
The head of the Conservative Party calls on President Juan Manuel Santos to take direct control of Colombia’s security and remove Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera, El Espectador reported Tuesday. Party…
Colombia’s defense minister proposes a strategy, including the creation of a Joint Task Force, aimed at destroying the infrastructure of criminal organizations throughout the country, El Espectador reports. Rodrigo Rivera…
The Colombian government and the U.N. agree on measures to protect displaced people and ensure that armed groups do not interfere with the process of land restitution, El Espectador reported…