Katherine Caro walked to the south of Medellin when a man in his 30s approached him and threatened to throw acid that was the case in a syringe if she refused to hand over their belongings. She described the contents of the syringe as a liquid thick pink foam. Ensures that is more traumatic to […]
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Valle del Cauca was again the scene of fighting between army and guerrillas. Palace Battalion troops fought from noon on Wednesday to FARC guerrillas in the village San Rafael, rural Tulúa. Two vehicles were abandoned on the road and the authorities tried to establish if they had explosives. Read Article
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BMI, which has 5 years of existence and is the largest fast food operator in Latin America. In the fight for the ‘lovers’ burgers in Colombia, market worth some 446,000 million pesos, considering the big names will come a new player.This is Carl’s Jr., a U.S. firm with over 56 years of existence and that […]
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Also placed on the exterior parts of aircraft and helicopters, balloons and airships. Dane figures on Colombian exports in 2011 showed a curious fact: Colombia last year sold foreign “aircraft and spacecraft” for $ 507 million. Not that the country is a manufacturer of equipment to get to space or commercial aircraft. Actually, this is […]
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The Colombians spent in 2011 more than 3.5 billion pesos this payment. The issuance of new credit cards is not the only one who is shot in the country. So is the consumer this means of payment, which reached 3.5 billion pesos, ie, 18.6 percent more than recorded in 2010. Read Article
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The director of the Dian, Juan Ricardo Ortega, made explosive allegations of smuggling and other irregularities within their institution. Another explosive allegations the officer has to do with the organization found that nine vehicles of the Maserati brand, “with a bargain price of 70 million each,” when in the sports car market a brand that […]
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After several weeks of monitoring, police captured Fifth Nancy Torres, aka ‘Vicky’. After several weeks of monitoring, the police captured Cordoba Fifth Nancy Torres, aka ‘Vicky’, the alleged criminal banda nurse the ‘Urabeños’. The woman, 26, is designated to be in charge of caring for sick and wounded of that illegal organization in the municipalities […]
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Asiescucuta.com reported that authorities seized contraband drugs for veterinary use with a commercial value of eight million dollars. The drugs were located in a public service vehicle driving between El Zulia and Cucuta. The driver did not possess lawful documentation of the medicines. The medications were of foreign origin. Read Article
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Mariana de Jesus Rodriguez Tafur had 12 years in office Viotá (Cundinamarca). According to authorities, Inspector, 54 years old, was in contact with the guerrilla organization to give them information that could help to plan terrorist acts and extortion. Read Article
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One night in December of 2010, Father Rafael Rojas Reatiga failed to give his blessing to his parishioners at the end of the Eucharist. After delivering the sacrament of communion, he fell unconscious on the floor of the Cathedral Jesus Christ Our Peace of Soacha, where he was pastor since 2003. That moment of panic […]
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Firefighters in Puerto Colombia, municipality of Greater Ottawa, provided the facilities of the station for an hour, so that producers will record the video pornographic site. The information, which is front-page headline of the local newspapers, was confirmed by Mayor Carlos Altahona, who announced he will seek the waiver of those involved in this embarrassing […]
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The move has affected 3,769 passengers, according to a report of the company until 5 pm The material impact generated by this situation is reflected in significant delays in the arrival and departure of flights, especially those to or from Bogota, Medellin, Cali, Cucuta and Manizales. The following are possible causes: The fog closing Bogota […]
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According to research conducted by the Prosecutor in charge, sentenced today were part of a network that was trafficking women living in the coffee with false promises of work, the city of Colon (Panama), where they were forced to engage in prostitution. Read Article
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The mayor of Bogota, Gustavo Petro, signed today a cooperation agreement on disability with the Vice President of Ecuador, which will send three teams of experts to the city to report on the “Manuela Mirror”, which has helped thousands of people in the country. At the signing ceremony, the secretary general of the Vice President […]
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Two cases of robbery in which thieves posing as members of the Florence Fire Department, put on alert to merchants of the city. to Fire Department sources, the method used by criminals is to pose as volunteers and relief agency require a large sum of money for services, such as firefighting safety issue certifications. After […]
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When the tenth anniversary of the breaking of the peace process with FARC, Semana magazine interviewed Colombian president Andres Pastrana on the possibility of future dialogue between the government and the guerrilla group. Pastrana also referred to the Conservative Party, the former president Alvaro Uribe and the government of Juan Manuel Santos. Week: Do you […]
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Thanks to a transaction between the army and police were captured Boruga alias Sonia, who is presumed to be the extortionist mobile column Teofilo Forero of the Farc, directed by Ivan Velasquez Dario Saldarriaga, aka El Paisa. From this morning anticipates an operation to capture ‘El Paisa’ in the municipality of Puerto Rico, Caquetá, which […]
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During the past two days, the FARC has carried out two attacks on two separate towns in the departments of the Colombian Pacific. First, a bike loaded with 50 kilograms of explosives was detonated in front of the police station in the port of Tumaco (Nariño) which left 9 dead. A day later, a truck […]
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Colombia’s central bank decided on Friday to increase the level of international reserves through daily purchases of at least 20 million through competitive auctions over the next three months. La decisión del emisor se produce en momentos en que el peso colombiano experimenta una fuerte apreciación que acumula un 7,95 por ciento en lo que […]
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The Colombian authorities on Saturday defused another 14 explosive devices in various areas of the Southwest, the scene since last Wednesday of several attacks attributed to FARC guerrillas have left 19 dead and 78 wounded. La Policía Nacional informó en un comunicado del hallazgo y destrucción en la vereda de La Cohetera del municipio de […]
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Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzón said that the government will analyze the information provided to a media demobilized by ensuring that the leader of the FARC, Rodrigo Londoño Echeverry, alias ‘Timoshenko’ is in Venezuela since 2005. Finch said that all information submitted by the former guerrillas is analyzed to determine if there is reason to […]
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Colombian police today found 105 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a load of flowers would be sent to Paris, where the flower industry of early Andean country’s export drive for Valentine’s Day. The director of Ports and Airports of the Narcotics Police, Colonel Pedro Rafael Rodelo, told Efe that this is one of the first […]
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Every year in Colombia are diagnosed about 600 new cases of leprosy, which, while 5% are prescribed in the District, mostly from other cities. Multibacillary forms predominate in advanced stages of the disease and, in more than half the cases, patients have disabilities in the hands, eyes or feet, which are most frequently affected sites. […]
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Until 1 May 2012, in Bogotá is restricted the carrying of firearms during the 24 hours in any public place in town. The standard adopted by the Thirteenth Brigade of the Army, at the request of Mayor Gustavo Petro Urrego, to assess the impact that the move could generate for reducing crime rates and to […]
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Medellín. 453 antipersonnel mines, a grenade IM26, 50 plastic syringes, five great spell of double insurance and assault of two 5-gallon plastic timbo each with about 40 Kls of explosives, dangerous items were found and destroyed the creek by troops of the Group Machining Juan del Corral in the department of Antioquia. This abundant explosive […]
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Six underground structures used by illegal armed groups for the production of alkaloids were destroyed by the army in various parts of the country. In a first action, soldiers of the Twenty-second Brigade located in rural areas of the town of Calamar, Guaviare, two handcrafted, inside which were hidden 120 gallons of sulfuric acid, 80 […]
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This is Jorge Negrete Montoya manager Coopebombas taxi company. Gunmen on a motorcycle killed on Tuesday night the manager of the taxi company Coopebombas Medellin, Jorge Negrete Montoya when he was driving his truck. Montoya had 27 years as head of the company with a fleet of 6 000 vehicles, the largest city. Read Article
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The incident occurred on the route of the Los Pozos leads to San Vicente. At 5:30 Tuesday morning, the trucks (which were headed with crude to Gigante, Huila) would have been thrilled with bursts of rifle and the caravan could not proceed because the road would be undermined. “This is a tatuco that terrorists hid […]
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The Government, Civil Aviation, the worker and the air traffic controllers on Tuesday began a negotiating table to discuss the employment status of the latter. Some of the requests for air traffic controllers are hiring more staff, reduced working hours and a wage adjustment. Aerocivil director, Santiago Castro, said that during the next meeting will […]
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U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman, met yesterday in Bogota with the president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, during a visit to this country marked by secrecy. Sherman began his visit on Sunday in Cartagena de Indias, where he traveled to hear firsthand how are the preparations for the celebration of the […]
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Bogotá Comptroller Mario Solano said that the previous administration of the city during the last week of 2011 signed 4974 contracts worth of $ 582 000 708 000 000, regarding this as a lack of planning in public agencies. “Clearly the lack of planning in the execution of programming resources. This absence leads to an […]
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27% of the farms where the educational institutions of Cali is high-risk areas. That is, 93 of the 342 sites where the public schools in the city are in such a situation. According to the Interactive System Consultation Educational Infrastructure, SICI, 46 of these properties are in flood zones, 31 are from slipping, 6 are […]
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The number of Colombians entering Ecuador to escape violence in their country has risen steadily over the past two years to put in between 1,200 and 1,500 per month, the UN said today. Currently there are 55,000 recognized refugees in Ecuador, according to which the Government has provided the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the […]
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This was stated by Terry Morell, UN representative for displaced people in Colombia. He did it during the hearing of accountability in this displaced displaced citing that he had convened the Constitutional Court. Morell said that while the UN recognizes advances in clarifying the prosecution of cases by forced displacement, there is still impunity for […]
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One of the older men and bloodthirsty of the FARC, and that the Defense Ministry offered two billion pesos reward in October, proved to be the cousin of Juan de Dios Usuga, drug for which the ‘ Urabeños’ north of the country paralyzed for 20 days, after his death. Luis Carlos Restrepo Usuga, alias ‘Isaiah […]
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In the development of an operation by the police in the city of Popayan, reported the seizure of more than 500 000 drug smuggling that were stored in a warehouse and were distributed throughout the country. According to the official report, for the record to collection of contraband drugs were found, marked with stamps from […]
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The Colombian Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzón, and his pair of Peru, Alberto Otárola, agreed today after a meeting in Bogota that both countries will increase joint operations and cooperation to cope with crime transnational border area between the two nations. “We will schedule joint and combined operations in coming months will be conducted, both […]
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The Venezuelan government today deported three Colombian drug traffickers-one, one Canadian and Puerto Rican-requested third with Interpol red notice for Colombia, Canada and the U.S. respectively, and announced the capture of another required by Greece. Read Article
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During the Agreement for Prosperity is achieved in the city of Valledupar, and l Head of State revealed several emails from the FARC and the ELN to expose the land inventory of the two terrorist groups in various regions of the country and intends to legalize these properties. One of the mails of the FARC […]
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Three suspects were captured apartamenteros by police in the La Ceiba in Tulua. They seized firearms and items to subdue their victims, such as masking tape, and latex bands. Those arrested were a woman, a professional soldier and the caretaker of a renowned shopping center Tuluá, who apparently, according to authorities, were part of a […]
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The issues of most concern are the quality of service and status of hospitals. Despite the ads, some progress and measures taken in the past year and a half by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection to redress the situation of the health system, the sector continues to show great signs of improvement, in […]
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A report published by the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, through its National Reference Center on Violence, states that the homicide was the leading cause of violent deaths in Colombia during 2011. According to the report, during 2011 there were 23,742 violent deaths across the country. The 60.54% of these, 14,374 words […]
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Central fight the profitable business of removing shark fins with a regional regulation aimed at protecting the species in its 5570 km of coastline in the Caribbean and the Pacific, a source said Monday the fishing industry. “First of wrongdoing, this month of January began to prohibit the practice of shark finning is to prevent […]
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As reported by the complainants, who were asked by security to protect their identity, a woman who calls Gloria Rodriguez, and who identifies himself as REDP officer (agency responsible for the information systems of the SED), contact people by ensuring that the children of the victims have priority in the allocation of subsidies and quotas […]
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Developments pirate, counterfeit and informal writings have been common farm and even Bogota traditional, and generally in cities of rapid urban growth. Bogota has seen increasing these actions in the last decade, in general situations seeking to extract urban rents. These phenomena in other countries are classified as “urban crime”. However, the Colombian Criminal Code […]
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The guerrilla incursion occurred in the hills of Santa Ana in the municipality of El Tambo.About five o’clock on Friday afternoon about 100 FARC guerrillas attacked members of the National Police and attacked the aviation infrastructure in this area, since there is located a radar encentran Aerocivil and some communication towers .According to the police […]
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A small pipeline was blown up in an area of Colombia’s northeastern border with Venezuela, an attack attributed by the authorities of the FARC guerrillas, according to sources in the oil sector in the region. The attack occurred in the rural area of El Tarra, a town bordering department of Norte de Santander, and caused […]
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One policeman was killed during a FARC attack in Algeria (Cauca), where a phantom aircraft flying over the area to support the work of the authorities against the guerrillas of the FARC.The attack comes from the Wednesday morning in the village of El Mango. The police commander in Cauca, Col. Ricardo Alarcon, said the guerrilla […]
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The president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, denied that the Government has begun a dialogue with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) aimed at reaching a peace agreement, as noted by former President Andres Pastrana, while urged stop the speculation. Read Article
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#taxistastwitteros de Bogotá A number of taxi drivers in Bogota have joined together to use Twitter as an improved tool for safety and service for customers.
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In the remainder of January, is expected to dry weather prevails in the Caribbean region where high temperatures will cause fires could plant cover, especially at the end of the month. In just two weeks in the country there have been 14 fires and this could continue to increase. Today’s alert is on mainly in […]
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According to elcomercio.com, on January 16, 2012 at least one indigenous inhabitant of Colombia is dead while 10 others are hospitalized after drinking a fermented beer mix made from bananas. Apparently a banana plantation located in the southern department of Guaviare was accidentally sprayed with glyphosate, an element used to exterminate illegal harvests. According to […]
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Homicides against children – 1,248 Interpersonal violence – 23, 587 Domestic violence cases – 13, 731 Sexual abuse – 17, 318 Source: Fuentes Forensis – Date: 2010
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The border is Colombia with Ecuador and Venezuela are the two main strategic rear areas of the Colombian guerrilla groups operating in this country. The Ecuador Defense Minister Javier Ponce, admitted today in the central Colombian town of Villa de Leyva’s presence “occasional” from FARC rebels in Ecuadorian territory. “We have always recognized an intermittent […]
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According to Caracol.com, on January 11, 2012 in Colombia the director of Inpec, General Gustavo Ricaurte has stated that an excessive 25,000 prisoners are being held in prison for illegal possessions of firearms. According to the General, the prison population of inmates charged with illegal possession or trafficking of weapons represents 25% of both men […]
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According to El Espectador’s video, a man brutally murdered a 28 month old baby while under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs in Fusagasugá, Colombia. He was arrested and is currently in the custody of the authorities. Despite the efforts of San Rafael de Fusagasugá Hospital, the child died from the sustained injuries. Read Article
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Police discovered 21 minors during a lightning operation on a dangerous location in Bogotá, Colombia. According to eltiempo.com, they also arrested 4 individuals for drug possession and also confiscated weapons, IDs rented for criminal acts and other equipment. The police were also able to take down a site manufacturing adulterated alcohol. Read Article
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Venezuela sent more than 100 million gallons of fuel to Colombia in 2011 as a result of the relaunch of bilateral ties, said the Ministry of Oil and Mining in Venezuela. It said in a statement that under the Fuel Export Scheme Norte de Santander department of Colombia 105,458,678 liters of fuel dispatched to the […]
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Although the Resource Center for Conflict Analysis (Cerac) estimates that in Bogotá is a record of between 200,000 and 250,000 legal firearms, authorities have not specified the exact number of weapons circulating pass in the city. As security expert Jerome Castillo says “It is strange that the authorities do not give a reason about statistics,” […]
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It is the ideal destination for tourists seeking peace and relaxation amidst a natural environment.The water is crystal clear, warm and relaxed, and their colors move from green to blue. It is the sea that surrounds Múcura Island in the middle of the archipelago of San Bernardo, in the department of Bolivar. Read Article
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The inhabitants of the area’s Spring Nelson Mandela, yesterday staged a protest against the company busy Electricaribe, which reported cost overruns on electricity bills, in addition to continuing power outages, ensuring they have led to major losses in their appliances.During the day, in which protesters burned tires and the energy meters detached from their homes, […]
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The IDEAM said a red alert is maintained by fires in various parts of the country, especially in the Caribbean, Andean and Orinoco, where high temperatures have prevailed in recent days. The departments of Bolivar, Boyaca and Casanare have larger municipalities threatened by this type of emergency. Read Article
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A special group of the Technical Investigation Corps (CTI) of the Attorney captured 21 members of the Anti-Revolutionary Army, ERPAC, which had been brought to trial on 23 December, which were released by not having a background in against him.According to the report of the Attorney General, 4 of those involved were arrested in raids […]
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According met this writing, the town of Arenal, on Thursday morning full of pamphlets signed by a group calling Gaitanistas Self, which challenged the national government and security forces for the death of top leader of the “Urabeños” alias “Giovanni” , which occurred in the department of Chocó. Read Article
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At least 22 people were arrested in an operation to dismantle a criminal network dedicated to the introduction and distribution in Europe of cocaine and hashish from Colombia and Morocco, respectively. The Spanish Interior Ministry said the Civil Guard led the operation Thessaloniki, coordinated by Europol, which was dismantled criminal organization comprised of Spanish citizens, […]
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Peruvian State will strengthen its presence in the Amazonian Trapezium, in the frontier with Colombia and Brazil, aiming to face drug trafficking, which has gone up in said area, Peru’s national commission for the development of life without drugs (Devida) stated Thursday.Devida’s President Ricardo Soberon said that there is a strong multisectoral commitment to correct […]
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Colombia had received in November last year to 3.784 million dollars from Colombian workers remittances sent home in the country. This behavior of remittances is an increase of 5.1% compared to the levels of the same month of 2010, when they joined 3,600 million dollars, according to figures released by the Bank of the Republic. […]
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As soon asked by imports from China, the face of Luis Gustavo Florez gets tense. The president of the Colombian Association of Manufacturers of Footwear, Leather and Articles Thereof (Acicam) makes it clear that illegal purchases from the Asian giant is mainly responsible for employment in the sector has suffered a fall of 7.6% between […]
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This was announced by the commander of the Sixth Brigade, Colonel Martin Sandoval. Clashes occur between men of the Task Force South of Tolima and 21 against the FARC, the main security ring Central Block of the guerrilla group. The official said the fighting taking place in Rioblanco rural sector, sector high subversive presence, leaving […]
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In southern Florida, an elite group of U.S. attorneys is assigned a goal: to help disrupt the criminal gangs (BACRIM) in Colombia. In fact, the capture of 30 people this week in Colombia, linked to the organization of ‘Loco Barrera’ is the first result of this mission, which, according to the prosecutor for the Southern […]
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Considering the demand of travelers moving between the company Caquetá and Bogota this route will start operating from next January 23. The new nonstop route to Florence-Bogotá Bogotá will have two daily flights. “So Avianca seeks to contribute to revitalizing the economy and social and cultural exchange between residents of the Eastern Plains and other […]
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Venezuelan authorities today located in a mountainous region of Tachira, on the border with Colombia, the plane with two passengers who disappeared last Thursday, said Luis Diaz, director of Venezuela’s relief agency. “Unfortunately there are no signs of life in the aircraft, but have to wait for it to reach the crash site to determine […]
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Last night, a 17-year-old boy held his mother and sisters hostage threatening to kill them in their home in Bogotá, Colombia. According to the video posted by El Espectador, the authorities attended to the situation, and the boy will undergo psychological care. The rest of the family will receive counseling.
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A supposed prank reporting a paseo millonario mobilized 1500 Colombian police officers of Bogotá to search for Karen Gamba, a reporter, as revealed by semana.com. The taxi driver José Castro was arrested and made to search for Gamba with the police who found her safe at home. Gamba denies having made such a report and […]
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A head of the guerrilla National Liberation Army (ELN) is designated as responsible for the kidnapping of an Ecuadorian citizen. The incident occurred around 13:30 on the last Tuesday in the town of Saravena, department of Arauca in the northeast of Colombia and Venezuela border. The Government of Arauca told El Comercio that the investigations […]
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As the New Year approaches, FARC has released 3 names of the 6 hostages that they will soon release. According to latribuna.hn, they are part of 11 military and police officials who have been held hostage for 12 years. FARC does not want the government to make any attempts to find and rescue these individuals. […]
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The victim was identified as David James Baker, a 28-year-old from the United States. The lifeless body of a U.S. citizen tourist was rescued Tuesday by Coast Guard personnel after being spotted by fishermen when it floated in the bay of Santa Marta, near the Port Society. The incident occurred at 2:30 pm. Coast Guard […]
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Between 21 and 23 December, Nariño crepe sent food to the most affected communities in Roberto Payan. Delivery is expected in the coming days to the shelters. As safe water, municipal water systems would be covered. However, an estimated 1,000 families in the upper reaches of the rivers are still under served. The requested support […]
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Ecuadorian President also said that relations with Colombia are at their best. Ecuador employs about 10,000 uniformed personnel to guard the boundary with Colombia, where he faces a “most serious problem” of security, said Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on Saturday. On the edge with Colombia is “the most serious security problem facing the country, is […]
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A total of 5216 there were brawls in the country during the celebrations of Christmas and the early hours of Sunday, as authorities said they also highlighted that there was a reduction of 5% of cases compared to same period of 2010. The figure gave the Director of Public Safety, General Rodolfo Palomino, who reported […]
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More than a dozen dead and several wounded people left the outbreak in central-western Colombia. A dawn of hell’s inhabitants lived Dosquebradas municipality in the department of Risaralda, in west-central Colombia. The explosion of a pipeline in the early hours of yesterday left at least 13 dead, 80 wounded, several seriously, destroyed 30 houses and […]
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The Army and Air Force bombed the last hours the camp considered the mother of the People’s Liberation Army, PLA in the province of Ocaña in Norte de Santander. The authorities revealed that an operation to terminate drawn the most subversive leader of that organization, Victor Ramon Navarro, “Alias Megateo” left a toll of seven […]
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Authorities are warning tourists and locals, so be careful on the beaches. Waves 3 to 4 meters, accompanied by strong winds, shaking for two days the main beaches of the Colombian Caribbean coast, so many spas are kept under tight restrictions from the authorities. According to the report of the National Unit for Disaster Risk […]
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Men of ERPAC been delivered three tons of weapons and ammunition From Thursday, judicial authorities are in Villavicencio (Meta) members of this criminal gang who chose to willingly submit to justice, as announced in an interview with Semana head of this group, alias ‘Caracho’ last November. Caracho’, who inherited the leadership of the Anti-Revolutionary Army […]
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Paseo millonario is a crime that involves theft of a taxi passenger by the driver and accomplices in different ways depending on the type of paseo millonario. The classic paseo millonario involves accomplices of a driver entering the vehicle en route to a destination. The accomplices then violently force the passenger to take money from […]
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Between January and October of this year in Bogotá, Colombia, the frequency of paseo millonario type thefts has increased by 17.04 from 2010 according to noticias.terra.com.co. 75% of the city has experienced a case of this kind of theft. The police have classified the types of paseo millonario into three categories: paseo millonario clásico, paseo […]
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The Foundation Journalism Communications Agency Allied Children, Social Development and Research – Pandi, found through investigation that the institutions of the country has no statistical records show that actually allow risks to which children are exposed work and how it will affect their health. According Pandi, who works in partnership with the Telefónica Foundation serves […]
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The Wall Street Journal today devotes a long article on the problems facing the coffee sector in Colombia. He says he “le cayó la roya.” Literally, according to the Journal, the fungus (roya) spread with particularly aggressive this year by the rains, forcing replant 10 percent of the country’s coffee bushes, about 120 thousand hectares. […]
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The Government awaits with anticipation and caution the release of approximately 300 members of the gang ERPAC (Subversive Popular Revolutionary Army of Colombia) which begins today. Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzón said that the Public Force is attentive support the process of bringing to justice members of the ERPAC. Erpac (Ejército Revolucionario Popular Antisubversivo de […]
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Cost of an ATM transaction in a network different from the user entity exceeds $ 7,500 to a maximum of $ 3,965. Banking users that obligation must make withdrawals at ATMs other than those in your organization now enjoy a substantial reduction in the cost of this operation.To accomplish this effectively, the Ministry of Finance […]
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Ecuadorian authorities arrested five suspected guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), in a border area between the two countries. The commander of the Navy of Colombia, Roberto Garcia, said the operation led to the arrest of five subjects with “200 kilos of explosives, 25 improvised explosive devices, radios, all black uniforms and […]
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Among those captured are the successors of drug traffickers captured and extradited to the United States. In compliance with the corporate strategy against criminal gang, the Criminal Investigation Department and Interpol DIJIN-captured in the town of Zarzal, department of Valle del Cauca, the ringleader of the criminal organization ‘los machoss’ and three key members of […]
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In Bogota were reported 103 cases of theft mode ‘paseo millonario’ or ‘express kidnapping’ from January 2011 ocubre, ie there was an increase in 17.4 percent compared to 2010, where 88 cases were filed in the tolalidad the year. According to information provided by the Center for Study and Analysis on Coexistence and Citizen Security […]
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WARNING … A terrorist threat caused panic in the Andean Trade Center area north of the city, and through the police line 123 of income a call stating that within the establishment had an artifact edse about to detonate. Police units to scroll past the place and then the respective inspection, knew it was false […]
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Venezuela with the help of medicines manufactured Portugal, Colombia and Cuba. It is expected that between July and August 2012 to start out the first batches of antibiotics. In addition to antibiotics, manufactured generic drugs to treat heart disease, anemia, psoriasis and HIV as well as vaccines to immunize against several diseases. The Minister of […]
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The Air Forces of Colombia, Guatemala and Honduras made “multinational exercise” aimed at controlling drug trafficking through the Caribbean, an official source said today. Colombia’s Air Force (FAC) indicated that the exercises, which began last December 16 and will end tomorrow, Wednesday, aims to “close the airspace of the Caribbean Sea to the flights of […]
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Today, President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia passed 5 decrees in regulation of the Law of Victims to come into effect January 1st of next year. According to prensa-latina.cu, the reparations will particularly go to those planning to invest in education, living, or other productive endeavors. The law hopes to convince victims to cooperate with […]
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An uncomfortable situation presented this morning at the Ezeiza airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where a Colombian airline flight departures Aviaco suspended for security reasons referring to the large amount of ash emissions from a volcano in Chile. Ginna Cohn, editor of the newspaper El Cordoba Meridian is located at the airport since it had […]
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According to the ONIC (National Indigenous Organization of Colombia), of the 102 indigenous people living in the country, 32 are in danger of disappearing because they have fewer than 500 individuals, mostly located in the basins of the Amazon and Orinoco. Of these, there are 18 towns with fewer than 200 people and 10 less […]
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