•In Necoclí, Antioquia, the Colombian Navy seized three submarines meant to transport cocaine.
•According to Caracol Radio, each submarine had the capacity to transport 2 tons of cocaine and was to be used by Los Urabeños.
•They had a fuel capacity of 1000 gallons and could reach any part of Central America very quickly. Read Article
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•The Colombian Government is to ratify an initiative to reduce the poverty rate in rural areas by 30%. •As revealed by El Espectador, 62% of the rural population is below the poverty line. •The Law of Rural Development will involve 25 areas and will incorporate 11 large components such as incentives to improve use of […]
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Migration and Its Determinants: A Study of Two Communities in Colombia, Recorded Interview with Dr. Jesus Valencia (Recording time 27:30) Recorded July 15, 2011 Using data gathered by the author in two communities in Southwestern Colombia, this paper tests a model of migration which incorporates relative deprivation as one of many possible reasons to migrate. […]
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•El Espectador reports that Colombia will continue to supply Venezuela with power from Gaujira through the Cuestecitas – Cuatricentenario line until 2011. •The company Isagen has formally agreed to supply energy to Venezuela as an addition to the existing contract between Isagen and Edelca signed in 1992. •Venezuela is experiencing conditions of technical restrictions in […]
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•The Colombian military has deactivated a motorcycle bomb that was reportedly installed by FARC in a road between Cauca and Valle del Cauca in southeast Colombia. •The road is functioning normally and is being patrolled by the Police and Army as revealed by EFE. •During an operation in which the military freed two country people, […]
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•Councilor Felipe Ríos relates the fact that drivers in Bogotá have been using detectors to avoid police radar guns that measure their vehicles’ speed. •In the report by El Espectador, Río states that there is no regulation for these detectors. •They allow the drivers enough time either to slow down or take a different route […]
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According to Colombian President Santos, FARC only kidnapped the 2 political figures Fernando Satizábal and Dagoberto Ojeda in the south of Nariño per noticierostelevisa.esmas.com. Bandits temporarily retained the other 18. Santos states that the situation is still under investigation. Read Article
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•FARC guerilla alias Marcolino was sentenced to 43 years of prison for the massacre of at least 4 indigenous people in 2009. •El-nacional.com reports that Omar Rolando Herrera led members of FARC to murder four individuals that have been fully identified in the Tortugaña-Telembí reservation in Nariño, Colombia bordered by Ecuador. •FARC admitted to the […]
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•There have been forest fire warnings for 13 municipalities in the areas north and east of Huila, Colombia made by Ideam*. •Some of the municipalities include, Palermo, Rivera, and Villavieja. •According to RCN Radio’s report, forests, crops and pastures are in danger. Read Article
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•A U.S. registered Robinson 66 helicopter exploded and crashed leaving 2 dead while it was traveling from Guaymaral airport in north Bogotá to Flandes airport in Colombia. •Radio Santa Fe reveals that the helicopter was the property of Aeroclub. •The two victims have been identified as Juan Pablo Gaviria and Ricardo Cabrera. Read Article
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•The Venezuelan consulate has sent to the Metropolitan Police at least 70 complaints of Venezuelan citizens claiming to have had their rights to travel violated in such incidences as seized vehicles and heavy fines. •Venezuelans have been coming to Cúcuta as tourists as well as within the context of business and commerce. •They are given […]
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Panama is willing to face the challenge of increased rates of energy consumption due to rapid development in the domestic and industrial sector of the country indicated Prensa Latina. Major electricity interconnection projects are underway with Central America and Colombia. The General Secretariat of Energy has addressed concern to the completion of feasibility studies on […]
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•A joint attack between different groups of the Colombian armed forces secured the capture of 8 members of FARC’s front 25 including two important members of the front in Granada, Huila, Colombia. •As a result of the attack, 2 guerillas died, and the injured were transferred to hospitals for medical attention. •Among the captured were […]
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•At 1:30 a.m. today, 18 of 20 victims kidnapped on Tuesday were released and found near a beach near Trujillo in Tumaco, Nariño, Colombia. •The victims were kidnapped by 8 armed men Tuesday afternoon, and the group with which they are affiliated remains unknown. •The two other victims are Ferney Satizábal, a candidate for mayor […]
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•A man attempted to smuggle dinosaur fossils from the Mesozoic era in a package in his luggage with the intent to sell them on the Black Market when Colombian authorities seized them in an airport in Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia. •The fossils consisted of 26 fossilized bones that are between 100 and 130 million years old. […]
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Hoy.com.ec reports that Colombian Ministry of the Interior and Judicial officials say the child assassin, Luis Alfredo Garavito, who was sentenced by a Colombian court to 40 years in prison for the deaths of 168 children must serve out his sentence and then be prosecuted in Ecuador. Officials add 24 years of prison time was […]
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•When receiving ID cards, the indigenous peoples of Colombia are experiencing discrimination whether by giving them strange names or assuming that they cannot sign their name. •According to El Espectador, names such as Tarzan or Gorila were assigned largely in the 60s and 90s when politicians registered large numbers of natives in order to obtain […]
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•The statistics say that 1 in 5 pregnancies are early (before 18 years of age) in Colombia, which factors into the poverty of the country, according to the UN Population Fund per RCN Radio. •It is suggested that adolescents have more information about planned parenting to reduce pregnancies at such an early age as well […]
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•Three Colombian nationals have been found dead in the Venezuelan city San Cristóbal. •RCN Radio reports that one of the victims has been identified as Patricia Duarte, but the other two victims’ identities are still unknown. •Colombian authorities do not have any information about the murders. Read Article
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According to ElComercio.pe eight countries, including Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela will begin a joint study of water resources and deforestation in the Amazon region next August, announces the Treaty Organization of the Amazonian Region (ACTO). Officials say this is the first regional project of deforestation that can quantify and compare […]
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•Military Commander Admiral Édgar Cely has defended the military’s acts of public order in Cauca, Colombia in response to requests for the resignation of Minister of Defense Rodrigo Rivera and other top members of the military. •According to RCN Radio, these requests have come from members of the civil society. •Cely maintained that FARC and […]
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•Second Lieutenant Raúl Muñoz Linares denies having raped a 13-year-old girl and having murdered three siblings in Tame, Arauca, Colombia. •Semana.com reveals that the case has been postponed 5 times. •In November of 2010, he did confess to having sexual relations with two girls, which according to Muñoz was consensual, and is currently being processed […]
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•The Cauca department in Colombia has experienced more violence than usual due to FARC’s relocation to the Cordillera Central in Colombia. •The indigenous people of the area are suffering the consequences and are being controlled by FARC’s guerillas according to Rodrigo Rojas, a representative of Pax Cristhi per RCN Radio. •Rojas states that the indigenous […]
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•26 narcotics traffickers in the services of Henry de Jesús López Londoño alias Mi Sangre have been captured. •The captures were part of Operación Tormenta (Operation Storm) which the Colombian Police performed with the DEA. •According to El Tiempo, one of the traffickers, Sanmartín Giraldo, was responsible for transporting cocaine in commercial airplanes from such […]
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The following information was obtained from an article published on 5 June 2011 by the website of Colombian newspaper El Espectador. Additional references concerning the topic of crime’s influence on Colombian youth and its causes were also taken from an RCN Radio articles published on 21 June 2011, and 22 June 2011 as well as […]
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•Colombian authorities have captured 2 individuals suspected of having murdered two girls in Kennedy, Bogotá, Colombia. •One of the suspects is a minor, and the two girls were 14 and 7 years old. •They are to face charges of aggravated homicide and illegal possession of arms. •The captain of the metropolitan police believes that the […]
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•Priest Jairo Alzate Cardona has been sentenced for 7 years for sexual abuse of a minor in a school in Pereira, Colombia. •According to adn.es, Cardona is facing two other trials for the same crime. •He is charged with having abusive carnal access of a 14-year-old minor in 2008 when the victim was 10 years […]
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ElComercio.com reports that hundreds of people, including relatives and friends, marched in the streets of Tulcan, Carchi today July 7th, demanding the release of Orlando Ibarra. The marchers planned to follow the route from Tulcan, Ecuador to Ipiales, Colombia. The Ecuadorian businessman was kidnapped in Ipiales, Colombia on August 2, 2010. Officials say that his […]
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•According to Caracol Radio, Police attribute the massacre in Montelibano, Córdoba, in which 4 people died, to Los Urabeños. •General Oscar Naranjo of the Colombian National Police believes that the attack was related to violence between narcotics trafficking groups. •Héctor Páez Valderrama, commander of Córdoba’s police, the attack involved violence between Los Urabeños and Los […]
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According to LaPrensa.com.bo Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera began Operation Together July 1st, where Chile’s navel fleet participated in military exercises with the United States, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. Piñera says that the joint exercise will allow the Chilean Navy to show its force and preparation for military situations and defend the country of Chile. Reportedly, […]
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•The Colombian government is planning to include an increase in budgets for Universities and institutions of higher learning in the reforms to the educational system as revealed by Caracol Radio. •The budgets would be between 230 billion pesos and 440 billion pesos. •The government is also planning to create more private institutions to share the […]
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Police found the young boy who disappeared July 4th was found asking for food in a restaurant in South Bogotá, Colombia. Apparently, he was not a kidnapping victim as was initially feared. According to El Espectador’s video, thanks to the posters with the young boy’s picture, police were able to recognize him and reunite him […]
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ElComercio.com reports that police have taken into custody three of the four suspects in an assault of a businessman who withdrew $40,000 in cash from a bank in Ambato. The assault occurred today, July 6th around 4:30 p.m. close to a mall in the south of Ambato. Tungurahua police chief says that police officials offered […]
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•Colombia has imported 13 new cars for the Medellin subway system, as part of the effort named Confianza en el Futuro 2006-2013 (Confidence in the Future). •According to the video by El Espectador, the new train cars will help to increase subway capacity. •These subway trains from Spain are units of the widest models of […]
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•As revealed by a video from El Espectador, 10-year-old child Elián Fragoso was kidnapped in the South of Bogotá, Colombia after watching a soccer game with friends. •The mother states that the family kept a close watch on him and that from one moment to another, he was gone. •The family does not have any […]
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•According to Colombian investigators, there are about 3,000 Colombians in Bolivia participating in the Martín Llanos narcotics trafficking group. •A report from eju.tv reveals that within the last 5 years, Colombians have been participating in this group which operates in the capital of the Santa Cruz department, Bolivia. •Currently, 32 Colombian citizens stand accused of […]
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•Colombia and Ecuador have signed an agreement to put forth mutual efforts to stop the theft and activation of cell phones per RCN Radio. •Particularly, this has to do with cell phones stolen in one country and being activated in the other according to Diego Molano Vega, Minister of Technologies of Information and Communications. •Later […]
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•300 kilos of cocaine worth $9 million have been seized thanks to the combined efforts of U.S., Panamanian, and Colombian authorities. •The Coastguard of the Pacific who alerted U.S. and Panamanian authorities detected a speedboat carrying the drugs leaving Colombia. •U.S. authorities intercepted the ship along with its crew of three Colombian citizens. Read Article
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According to Hoy.com.ec the director of National Police in Colombia announced today, July 5th, that the March 2008 bombing of the FARC camp in Ecuador was a state decision and therefore, the officials found to stand trial in Ecuador should not be held accountable. General Oscar Naranjo along with the Colombian government do not recognize […]
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•National Police Director, Oscar Naranjo, recognizes the increase of massacres in Colombia and has pointed out their recent concentration in rural areas. •According to Prensa Latina, Naranjo admits that the National Police should have better territorial control to prevent these massacres. •He also noted the increase of kidnappings and that kidnappers now tend to target […]
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•A Colombian-Lebanese network that laundered money from cocaine activity has been dismantled. •Europol and Eurojust have coordinated these operations in Spain, Germany, Belgium, Holland, and France, and the Colombian National Police has participated as well. •The capture of a Syrian man of Spanish citizenship traveling from Bordeux to Paris with 810,000 euros in cash with […]
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•Despite rumors that FARC head member Alfonso Cano had been captured, he has escaped the Colombian military for the third time. •RCN Radio reports that during an operation performed by the Colombian military last Wednesday, Alfonso Cano fled the encampment between the Cauca and Huila departments. •The military had received information about the top FARC […]
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•Jesús Escobar, who has been charged with the rape of 14 women, has been captured in Bogotá. •According to the video by El Espectador, he committed his crimes under bridges on calle 26 in Bogotá, Colombia. •He is a repeat offender, captured in 1997 and 2003 for sexual crimes. Read Article
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This is a list of weapons at the disposal of the Colombian Armed Forced from fuerzasmilitares.org: •Pistols and Revolvers •Assault Rifles •Machine Guns •Light Mortars •Anti-Tank Weapons •Grenade Launchers •Grenades, Mines, and Explosives •Land Vehicles •Fixed-Wing Aircraft •Helicopter •Radios •Sights and Scopes •Other supplies and support Read Article
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•Latin America has become a destination for laundering money from trafficking of narcotics, kidnapping, and other illicit activities more than any place in the world, and afterwords, they go to European countries. •According to hoyveracruz.com.mx, countries such as Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil have become hotspots for laundering money using casinos, lotteries and even churches. […]
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•The video from El Espectador shows minors being trained by alias Pipón of FARC’s front 57. •A member of the National Police while under cover recorded the video. •The video shows Pipón training the young people between 14-17 years old how to use firearms and other kinds of combat training. •Around 4,000 like cases of […]
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•The Colombian police have captured two criminal bands. One, operating in the South of Bogotá, disguised itself with police uniforms and attempted to flee in a bus when pursued by the police. •The other group was arrested after performing a paseo millionario robbery on an individual. •According to El Espectador, the police believe that the […]
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•According to Portafolio.co, the Inter-American Development Bank is willing to finance the $7.6 Billion USD project of the dry canal in Colombia. •However, neither Colombia nor China has sent a representative to the bank to ask for finance according to its president Luis Alberto Moreno. •The project is to be financed by the Chamber of […]
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•Olga Amparo Sánchez, director of La Casa de La Mujer, described the role of women caught in the armed conflict as “spoils of war.” •In a report by RCN Radio, she states that from a young age, women are forced to go through pregnancies, sterilizations, and prostitution. •According to Amparo Sánchez, the women are regulated […]
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•To aid blind citizens, Colombian currency now has 10,000 and 20,000 peso notes with Braille indicating the denomination of the notes in circulation per Radio Caracol. •Previously there have been devices to aid blind citizens tell the denomination of the bills, but the Braille system serves to even further help vision impaired individuals. •Circulation began […]
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•With Interpol’s support, the Colombian Police was able to take down 3 transnational organizations that specialized in trafficking Colombian women and forcing them into prostitution. •According to El Espectador, the groups also specialized in attaining false visas to Central America. •Five men, who trafficked young and underprivileged people by promising them work outside of the […]
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•In La Cruz, in the north of the Nariño department of Colombia, 9 children died and 12 people were injured in a school bus accident. •RCN Radio reports that the bus was transporting 20 students. •11 injured students were admitted to a hospital with the driver. •The driver died after being admitted to the hospital. […]
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•El Espectador reports the emergency landing of a plane carrying Colombian minister Rodrigo Rivera Salazar and Director of the National Police Oscar Naranjo in Medellín. •Problems with the breaking system of the plane caused it to perform the emergency landing at the Olaya Herrera airport in Medellín. •All eight passengers and the crew were able […]
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According to ElComercio.pe Maria Angela Holguin, Chancellor of Colombia today, Wednesday June 29th, stressed the importance of Colombian-Peruvian relations, the work of the Pacific Alliance and the fight against narco-trafficking. The Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and President-elect Ollanta Humala are holding meetings this afternoon in Bogotá. Holguin adds that the Pacific Alliance is an […]
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The Colombian Attorney General, Viviane Morales, is to investigate the accusations that the U.S. and Colombia made secret negotiations to secure the release of Ingrid Betancourt and the other hostages including 3 American citizens. The official story is that the Colombian military successfully carried out Operación Jaque which involved deceiving the 2 FARC guerillas holding […]
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According to ElComercio.com the two FARC guerrillas arrested in Quito were transferred to the headquarters of the narcotics police in Quito and are awaiting a deportation hearing Tuesday June 28th. Officials say this morning a Colombian DAS plane arrived to transport the guerrillas to Colombia. One of the suspects, Fabio R. is the second in […]
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•According to Law 1424 passed last December, any demobilized members of AUC or guerilla groups can receive benefits as long as they have not committed crimes against humanity. •El Colombiano reveals that if a demobilized person fills the requirements of the law, the order of capture will be suspended for half of what the sentenced […]
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•Caracol Radio reveals that so far in 2011, there have been 30,149 infractions related to drunk driving, a large increase from the 18,764 of the same time in 2010. •Colonel Luis Montenegro, the Sub director of Transit and Transport of the National Police, stresses that the authorities are increasing efforts to control this problem. •There […]
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•Colombia’s agriculture sector has increased 7.8%, which is the highest increase in 11 years despite the harsh conditions of winter. •Ricardo Sánchez, minister of Agriculture, attributed the increase to President Santos’ policies according to Caracol Radio. •In relation to international prices, transitional crops have increased by 9.4% and permanent crops by 4.8%. •The winter did […]
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•Ecuadorian authorities apprehended two members of FARC during an operation in the south of Quito according to the Ministry of the Interior. •El Espectador reports that they are reported to belong to the “Frente Sur” (South Front) of FARC, and authorities have requested fingerprints and other information to ascertain their identities. •They are to be […]
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According to ElUniverso.com police arrested two members of the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in the southern Quicentro shopping mall in Quitumbe. The FARC members are identified as Andres Guaje Chala and Yanesi Hoyos Alarcon. Guaje is known as Favio Ramrez in the FARC organization and was 2nd in command of the frente […]
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•El Tiempo reports that Ecuadorian President Correa denounces the NGOs (non-governmental organizations), which are connected, with the extreme right of the U.S. are connected with FARC and other illegal groups on the Colombia – Ecuador Border. •He claims that these NGOs are attempting to replace the governments in that area. •He cites that of the […]
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•A private plane performed an emergency landing 11:35 a.m. this morning in the Rafael Núñez International Airport in Cartagena, Colombia. •Caracol Radio reports that the pilot contacted a control tower of the airport and had to land due to problems with the plane’s undercarriage. •5 flights to Bogotá from Avianca, Copa Airlines, and Aires have […]
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•According to Rodolfo Palomino, director of Transit and Transport of the Colombian National Police traffic incidents have left 4 people dead and 35 others injured during the holiday weekend of Corpus Christi per RCN Radio. •In relation to last year’s holiday weekend, traffic accident have deacreased by 52% and deaths by 83%. • There have […]
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•General Efraín Rojas Acevedo, while under the influence of alcohol, threw a grenade at a public establishment and left 1 dead and 7 injured. •According to El Espectador, the soldier threw the grenade at 4:00 a.m. after an argument with some people leaving the establishment. •Rojas Acevedo, part of the motorized infantry, has turned himself […]
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ElComercio.com reports that President Juan Manuel Santos, today, rejected a decision made by an Ecuadorian court to call a trial of the Colombian security forces that were involved in the 2008 bombing of Angostura that ended with the death of FARC deputy chief, “Raul Reyes.” Santos says that the military took direct orders from him, […]
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•In 2011’s first trimester, Colombia has reached over 5 million points of connection according to the bulletin of the Ministry of Technology of Information and Communication. •RCN Radio reports that since the first trimester of 2010, there has been an increase of over 3 million connections, which is 52.7%. •Broadband connections have increased 71.4% since […]
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•Brazilian minister of Defense Nelson Jobim is discussing a mutual agreement for protection of the border against crime, particularly the Amazon Rainforest area, with Colombian minister of Defense Rodrigo Rivera per El Universal. •Although no specific details have been released, one of the main points of the plan are to make sure that criminals do […]
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•A Spanish woman was arrested in Barcelona airport in Spain after having successfully smuggled 3,868 grams of cocaine from Colombia by way of El Dorado Airport in Bogotá. •The Guardia Civil seized 111 nuts with 6 grams of cocaine each and three 750 ml wine bottles full of liquid cocaine according to El Espectador. •This […]
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•In Barbacoas, Nariño, Colombia, 300 women are refusing to have sexual intercourse with their husbands to participate in a strike to demand that the government finish repairs on the Junín-Barbacoas stretch. •As Prensa Latina reveals, with this “crossed legs” strike, the women hope to convince their husbands to demand repair from the proper authorities. •Due […]
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•Óscar Fernando Cuevas Cepeda, a.k.a. the Colombian Cleaner, was considered the largest money launderer in Colombia and is to be extradited. •The accused has worked with the Cartels of Cali and Medellín as well as FARC and is known for his connection with Víctor Julio Suárez, the guerilla, alias “Mono Jojoy.” •The evidence includes 60 […]
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According to ElTelegrafo.com.ec police found a “long-range” weapon inside a house in the South of Quito on Thursday June 23rd. An agent says that the gun was a 182-caliber, an army issued rifle. Authorities say that the gun has a price of $80,000 on the black market. The gun is not identified as an Ecuadorian […]
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•Colombia’s National Police have arrested 22 people who were involved in the front company Hospi Medic in Manizales, which dealt with distributing adulterated medication. •El Colombiano reports that the investigations revealed involvement with an EPS as well as another firm, the Sociedad Farmaceútica La Unión S.A. •Hospi Medic provided medication to 17 drug stores in […]
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•The residents of the Kennedy sector in Bogotá, Colombia report that over 100 young people of the “emo” group have been causing fights and disturbing the peace. •They reside in the park of the barrio Techo as they are reportedly being pursued by other groups. •As Caracol Radio reports, the group of young people attempted […]
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•President Santos proposed that countries work together to fight narcotics trafficking in Central America in the International Conference of Support for the Central American Security Strategy currently in Guatemala. •He referred to Colombia’s example and its cooperation with the U.S. in Plan Colombia, which has helped to combat the threat of narcotrafficking in the country. […]
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•According to Radio Nacional de Colombia, 10% of the youth turn to the trafficking of narcotics for work for lack of other opportunities. •The youth of San Andrés, which annually is 900 high school graduates, are seeking work and usually turn to positions such as seasonal hotel workers and motorcycle taxi drivers. •Deputy Fernando Cañon […]
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•According to Semana, of the 32 public and 48 private universities in Colombia, only 19 of them fulfill the requirements that are to be included in the reform to Law 30. •The reforms are currently being studied and debated with several forums, visits and inscriptions. •Private institutions are proposed to have more restrictions including limiting […]
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•Senator Gilma Jiménez presented the statistic that in Colombia 250,000 children are born from unwanted pregnancies per RCN Radio. •She also stated that 1 in 5 children are born without certainty of the biological father. •So far in 2011, there have been 30 cases of child abuse by the children’s own parents. Read Article
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•Caracol Radio reports that Monseñor Julio Cesar Vidal has been participating in a dialogue with the emerging criminal bands, the Bacrim, in order to discuss reduced violence and terms of peace. •Bishops and other members of the Colombian clergy support Monseñor Vidal’s efforts. •Monseñor Serna feels that the Bacrim should be able to peacefully surrender […]
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•In Bogotá, liquor vendors will only be allowed to sell liquor between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m beginning this Thursday. •According to Semana, this is meant to prevent fights that may occur because of intoxication. •The mayor of Bogotá states that if vendors respect the laws and norms about the protection of […]
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•About 8-12% of Colombian children are suffering from depression. •RCN Radio spoke to psychologist Henry Castillo who traces this problem to the family life of the children. •Castillo states that children are affected by stresses from their parents who may either not provide emotional support, be too engaged in work, or pressure their children to […]
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•As El Espectador.com reports, Edilberto Berrío Ortiz, Alejandro Palacios Rengifo, and Anderson Chamapuro Dogimara were found guilty by a New York judge for the kidnapping of a U.S. citizen in Panamá. •The three FARC guerrillas were arrested in Colombia in 2009 and extradited to the U.S. between 2010 and 2011. •The victim was freed after […]
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•After discovering another car bomb Monday night, the authorities evacuated nearby housings and schools in Corinto, Cauca. •El Espectador reports that the Colombian authorities have not yet attributed this car bomb, the second in the area within 3 days, to any specific group. •The ELN and FARC have guerrillas present in the area. Read Article
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•Rural farmers verified to El Espectador that in certain unnamed fields and greenhouses in Cali, a new kind of enhanced marijuana is being grown. •The marijuana has increased THC content, which allows for the drug’s effects to be enhanced. •Farmers have continued to cultivate the illicit crop because legal crops such as bananas and coffee […]
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•In the river Mataje in Tamaco, Nariño, Colombia, the Colombian Navy and the CTI destroyed a facility that constructed submarines and processed cocaine paste for the Daniel Aldana column of FARC. •Monthly the site would produce 1.5 tones of coca paste. •So far in 2011, the Naval Force of the Pacific has seized 40 laboratories […]
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•RCN Radio reports that the 30,000 HIV patients receiving treatment against the AIDS virus. •Luis Ángel Moreno, ONUSIDA representative in Colombia reports about 210,000 to 220,000 cases of people infected with the disease unknowingly. •Since 2003, treatments to infected individuals in the world have increased by a factor of 16. Read Article
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•Various studies state that over 2 million Colombians are living outside of Colombia against their will as refugees of violence, and there is even a day dedicated to refugees. •State policies of Latin American countries promise these refugees rights and protections, but they tend to arrives in areas already ridden with problems. •El Espectador’s article […]
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According to ElComercio.com Luis C., 21, from Colombia died early Sunday morning, June 19th, in northern Quito near Eloy Alfaro. Judicial police say that he was struck by several gunshots while waiting at a fast-food stand along with his father. Witnesses say that two gunmen pulled up in a car, got out, fired and fled. […]
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•During the afternoon of June 18th, a suspected ELN car bomb exploded near the entrance of Popayán killing Jairo Muñoz and 16 others injured. •According to El Heraldo, thanks to the police patrolling the city’s entrance, the bomb did not reach the center of the city, the original target. •The Colombian authorities are offering 300 […]
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In Costa Rica there are 19.116 refugees, of whom 54% (about 10,375) are Colombians who leave their country because of the armed conflict. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) there are 40 different nationalities with refugee status claims present in Costa Rica. Read Article
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•Recently in Colombia, a law was passed which included a new restriction that minors who committed crimes would be released on reaching 21 years of age. •Criminals would contract minors to commit crimes such as murders because they would be release after turning 21. Thus, one of the effects of the previous penalties was that […]
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The Cloud system will allow purchasers of alcohol in the Bolívar department to follow the exact history of a bottle of liquor starting from its production and bottling. According to RCN Radio, bottles will have a tricolored sticker with a code that customers can check at www.syctrace.com.co, which will show the bottle’s history. This will […]
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The explosion at 11:22 p.m. last night in a small square in northern Bogotá affected 12 houses and as well as a bust of Laureano Gómez, but resulted in no injuries.The report by inernacional.eluniversal.com states that authorities have found several explosives in the past few days which were meant to destroy the bust of the […]
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Iñaki Domínguez Atxalandabaso is under investigation for his connection to the ETA and FARC, and is one of the most wanted terrorists by the Spanish police per elespectador.com. He was captured Thursday while heading to Paris from Milan, Italy. Read Article
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RCN Radio reports that Colombia’s Minister of Defense Rodrigo Rivera Salazar commented that FARC’s recent actions have been like those of Pablo Escobar. He makes this comment in relation to the methods of terrorism on civilians that FARC has utilized in response to successful actions against their operations. Read Article
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•The Presidential Comission for Disarmament, Control of Arms and Munitions will set up different working meetings or workshops focusing specific issues of arms and munitions per el-nacional.com. •One topic will be the production, importation, and distribution of arms. •Another topic will be the registration, destruction, and auditing of seized arms. •Other topics will focus on […]
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According to ElUniverso.com 5 Bangladesh citizens were deported from Colombia to Ecuador via the International Bridge Rumichaca. The situation, as reported by the Administrative Department of Colombia (DAS), the arrests occurred when the Bangladeshis arrived at a ‘puerto seco’ and were arrested along the northern coast of Colombia. Authorities say that the Bangladeshis were trying […]
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•In Peking, Colombia’s portafolio.co spoke with Enrique Dussel, the director of the Center of Chinese-Mexican Studies of Unam, who gave his view on how Latin America should approach Chinese business and involvement in the area. •One improvement he suggests is the increase of foreign exchange students between the two regions. •Lingual and cultural understanding is […]
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•Due to the effects of the winter, coffee production has suffered a 18% decrease from May 2010 according to Fedecafe as reported by caracol.com.co. •Coffee growers are making attempts to increase production and fight against La Roya de Cafeta which affects the growth of the crop. •However, so far in 2011, Colombian coffee production has […]
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•The three individuals, including two officers of the Colombian National Police, are suspected members of Los Rastrojos. They are facing charges for narcotics trafficking, responsibility for homicide, and conspiracy for delinquency. •As Radio Santa Fe reports, the two Police officers of Norte de Santander are John Jairo Rosas Carrascal and Raúl Alberto, and the other […]
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