Elespectador.com reported that El Heraldo’s online edtion revealed that prostitutes stole numerous items from the Honduras embassy in Bogota Colombia. The event happened on December 20, 2012, when an employee of the Ambassador to Colombia from Honduras, organized a party with alcohol and sex at the facility. The information was obtained from El Heraldo’s online […]
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Colombia has been arrested so far this year to 30 Ecuadorian vessels fishing in its waters. they asked the fishermen to respect the maritime borders of the two countries. The National Directorate of Aquatic (DIRNEA) expressed concern about the “continued” detention of vessels, according to data provided to him by the Navy of Colombia. The […]
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Spanish police announced the arrest of a woman carrying nearly 1.4 kg of cocaine concealed in two false breast implants, on arrival at Barcelona airport on a flight from Bogota, Bogota. The woman, a Panamanian citizen and 20 years or so, “had two breast prostheses implanted cocaine,” police said in a statement. Alerted by “this […]
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House Representative member Angela Robledo, denounced on Tuesday in political control debate, members of the armed forces were involved in cases of sexual violence in the context of armed conflict. “We have evidence that some members of the security forces, abuse of children and adolescents in conflict zones. Sexual exploitation by these officials and adolescents […]
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There is a growing trend in crime rates and arrests of youth in the world (United Nations 2003) makes this issue one of great importance to national and international policy. Colombia is no exception unfortunately. In fact, it is believed that new criminal gangs are increasingly involved young children to carry out many of their […]
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Angulo Miller’s murder on Saturday night in Tumaco shot alarms victims organizations in the Pacific Coast and across the country, many of whom feel that their presence paradoxically invited spaces from the Government for their participation is generating an upsurge in threats from groups interested in having their claims are unsuccessful. Angulo, who was shot […]
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Specialized staff of the Technical Research Office, CTI, Barrancabermeja, conducted the controlled detonation of an explosive device type landmine, which was found by some farmers in the village Cauldrons, located on the Pan American Highway, which covers the air The Hermit Lizama-Rio. “In recent days the information was received on the sidewalk Peroles had found […]
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Between January and October 2012, as airlines l attached to AviancaTaca Holding mobilized travelers 19’053 076, equivalent to a 13.6% increase in passenger numbers over the same period of 2011, when 751 were mobilized 16’775 travelers. Only in October, Avianca, TACA and its subsidiaries mobilized 1’982 818 passengers, representing an increase of 12.2% in passenger […]
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According to the document, the nation’s capital has a strong budgetary performance, moderate debt levels and adequate liquidity position. Financial management is predictable and has shown stability even with changes in government. Thus, the rating agency affirmed its ratings of Bogotá, including the corporate credit rating of ‘BBB-‘. “We expect the budgetary performance of Bogota […]
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A Colombian journalist, Guillermo Quiroz Delgado, died in a hospital after suffering head injuries while in police custody. Police claim that he sustained the injuries after falling from a police vehicle. But his family and colleagues believe he was beaten and thrown from the truck. Read Article
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Team organized crime and drug (EDOA) Civil Guard has dismantled an organization Balears criminal smuggling cocaine from South America to Menorca. In the course of this operation has indicted five people for drug trafficking and have seized more than 11.5 kilos of cocaine. As reported in a statement, “Operation Robins’ began in late March and […]
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Colombian, Nicaraguan Leaders to Discuss Boundary Dispute The Colombian and Nicaraguan leaders plan to meet in Mexico City, where both will be attending Saturday’s inauguration of new Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Friday he hopes to speak in the most respectful, civilized way with Nicaraguan counterpart Daniel Ortega […]
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UK travel safety recommendations for Colombia We advise against all but essential travel to all rural areas bordering Panama, Venezuela and Ecuador, to the towns of Buenaventura and San José del Guaviare and the areas surrounding them; and to the Parque Nacional Natural de La Macarena in the department of Meta; and to the archaeological […]
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Another round of talks between the rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, and the Colombian government is due to be held in Havana on December 5th. This came in a statement for reporters by the former Vice-President of Colombia Humberto de la Calle. According to him, the talks will be held behind […]
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EL PAIS.com reported….. Question. Some think the FARC turn to you, a Western woman, intelligent and eloquent to improve its image. Response. Bothers me say that I am part of the communication campaign of the FARC. What we want is to have our view of things. The Colombian government has many difficulties to my participation […]
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New type of fraud reported in Interbolsa / Curacao major destination for evading taxes According to FM is crossed emails and letters in recent days called ‘Premium Fund affected investors’. The FM said he is holding the first names of the investors of the controversial ‘Premium Fund’ running through Interbolsa and moved millions of money. […]
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Army chief of Nicaragua, General Julio Cesar Aviles, said Tuesday that Nicaraguan Guard remain in the maritime awarded by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to their country, without any presence of Colombian frigates. “We are at the limits that the ICJ has assigned us. We sailed east of longitude 82 and cays Quitasueño, Serrana […]
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Maiah Jaskoski – Author ABSTRACT This article challenges two prominent explanations for military behavior: militaries, like other bureaucracies, will seek to maximize their budgets; and in the interest of maintaining professionalism, militaries will perform sovereignty missions—external defense and counterinsurgency—more intensively than policing functions. Running counter to these expectations, since 2000, Ecuador’s army has neglected its […]
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The Colombian coffee growers close the year 2012 with a production in the range of 8.5 million sacks sack and nine million, according to estimates by the National Federation of Coffee. For the National Association of Financial Institutions sector problems in Colombia beyond the excessive rains in the coffee regions, rust attacks by high humidity […]
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Los Rastrojos is one of Colombia’s most feared criminal gangs and their top leader was recently arrested as he held a “Mafioso summit” at his farm, authorities said. The man’s name is José Leonardo Hortúa Blandón, but he’s better known as Mascotas or Pets. Police also arrested the gang’s number-two man Picante or Hot, as […]
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During the military actions undertaken by the men of the Ninth Brigade in the main road of the Department, it was possible the seizure of material and explosives, apparently belonging to the front 66 of the FARC Joselo Lozada. Military action was recorded at mile two on the road from the city of Neiva leads […]
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Through the information provided by a citizen, it was possible the discovery and subsequent destruction of 105 kilos of explosives, which would be used by members of the third front for criminal activities against the security forces. The National Police managed the location of a cache of explosives in rural district plots The Fountainhead, in […]
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The U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement entered into force on May 15, 2012. It is a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and Colombia, which will eventually eliminate tariffs and other barriers in bilateral trade in goods and services. On October 3, 2011, President Barack Obama submitted draft legislation (H.R. 3078/S. 1641) to […]
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A senior negotiator Colombian rebels on Monday announced a unilateral ceasefire at the start of peace negotiations with the Colombian government in Havana. Iván Márquez said that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have decided to stop all military operations and acts of sabotage from midnight Monday until January 20, 2013. Read Article
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Colombian government negotiators have arrived in Havana for peace talks with leftist FARC rebels aimed at ending Latin America’s longest-running uprising. Rebel delegates, including Tanja Nijmeijer, a Dutch woman who fights alongside the FARC rebels, are already in Cuba awaiting Monday’s talks that had been delayed for four days over a lack of clarity over […]
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Today at the Halifax International Security Forum, The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, signed a Canada-Colombia Memorandum of Understanding on Defence Cooperation, with his Colombian counterpart, Minister of Defense, Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno. This Memorandum of Understanding provides a strategic framework for the growing defence relationship between our countries. Read Article
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According to Hispantv.com, judicial sector workers in Colombia to demand a wage leveling, hundreds of strikers launched a protest Friday, after attending the court complex Paloquemao, agency headquarters in Bogota, the capital. Esperanza Medina Luz Guerrero, a prosecutor sectional Bogotá, said that about 300 employees of the National Association of Professional Employees of the Judiciary […]
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Freddy Tellez JUDICIAL worked in the office of international affairs and prosecuting body, according to research, documents leaked to him capos. As Freddy Mauricio Buitrago Téllez was identified Prosecution official designated by the Attorney-General’s Office, Eduardo Montealegre, if the alleged perpetrator of the release of documents related to Colombian drug extraditions. The investigation began with […]
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The president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos , said in an interview with Efe that for now the National Liberation Army (ELN), the country’s second largest guerrilla group, would not join the peace process with the FARC open. “What I say is that we will not open the door to let the ELN to these […]
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A special group of CTI Interbolsa commission will investigate whether the conflict of interest incurred, price manipulation in shares and in an attempt to purchase a company (Fabricato SA) without making a public offer (IPO). Also seek to establish whether the firm violated regulatory standards, plus they did not report their movements to the authorities […]
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According to elpais.com.co, a truck bomb was defused in the early hours of Thursday 29 Brigade troops, against Totoró hospital center, where in the afternoon and evening of Wednesday, the FARC harassed and attacked the police station for three hours. Colonel Henry Piraquive, commander of Brigade 29, reported that the material was loaded automotive high […]
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Police managed to capture two people in the town of Yumbo for the crime of unlawful possession of a weapon, and making traffic carrying of firearms and ammunition. The first case occurred in the neighborhood of Las Americas, where a man of 20 years under the alias of ‘Titus’, was found in possession of a […]
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From early Thursday rose armed strike the FARC had declared in Chocó since last November 10, terrorizing civilians and paralyzing transport on roads department. The announcement was made in a statement released by the FARC, saying “we inform all the people lifting the unemployment chocoano from 00:00 hours on November 15.” Read Article
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In Rumichaca Bridge during a control operation of Customs Surveillance Service (SVA), a patrol agents Colombian detected entering the country with two boxes of phones. Colombian Patrolman HMG-915 board with logos Counternarcotics Police of the neighboring country, had camouflaged cargo in the back seat, which is why he was taken to court for an inspection […]
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It was discovered a cache that had several grenades and rifle ammunition. In the township of Los Bagres, found a cache with 3 grenades Im-26 and 85 cartridges 5.56. Explosives and ammunition were found thanks to information provided by a citizen. The ammunition apparently criminal gangs, was left to the Prosecutor 10 local San Alberto. […]
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For some time Avianca has shown strong interest in Portuguese airline TAP, who has had approaches for months to keep your operation. The directors of the airline came to the Portuguese capital accompanied by President Juan Manuel Santos, who also aims to strengthen bilateral relations. Among the agenda items are trade, investment, education, drug and […]
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A uniformed and fourteen civilians were injured in a minor by shrapnel from an explosive device that FARC guerrillas fired at the police station in the municipality of Suarez, Cauca department, regional authorities said Monday. At least fifteen houses and the building of the Police were damaged in the attack, which occurred on Sunday night, […]
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A rifle costs $ 5200, a 4000 machine gun, a pistol and a revolver 1200 USD 800. Those prices were written with a ballpoint pen red on a white paper and crumpled. Appeared alongside images of each weapon found in a cabin Sealed Stone sector. In the last hours, this site jungle, in the northeast […]
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Colombia police captured two alleged kingpin arrested successors ‘Diego Stubble’ and 25 members of the paramilitary drug gang Los Rastrojos, accused of having links to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, said on Saturday President Juan Manuel Santos. “Ringleader shown, we captured leader,” Bush said during a public meeting in the town of Villa de Leyva (northeast), highlighting […]
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The Foreign Ministry said Friday the abolition of visas for citizens of Colombia and Peru who travel to Mexico as visitors without permission to work in the country. “The abolition of the visa requirement for nationals Peruvians and Colombians favors a large number of people who enter our country for periods of less than six […]
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Colombia was the country where private wealth grew between June 2011 and June 2012, according to Credit Suisse. Their accounts also indicate that here there are 75,000 adults with fortunes exceeding $ 1 million. For those paradoxes of life in the world while wealth declines in Colombia is increasing. This is the third annual study […]
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The measure applies to Colombians who want to enter Mexico as visitors, without permission engage in gainful activity for up to 180 days. The Embassy of Mexico in Colombia revealed that l Ministry of Foreign Affairs of that country abolished the visa requirement for Colombians as of November 9, 2012 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]
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The National Federation of Coffee Growers revealed that coffee production remained stable in October and stood at 653,000 bags of 60 kilos compared to 656,000 bags produced in the same month last year. Until October posted a 3% reduction. This is explained in some not sell their coffee coffee waiting for better international grain prices, […]
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The Colombians have slowed the purchase of new vehicles in 2012 after it recorded a year earlier as sales in the country’s history. In the tenth month of the year and sold 25,023 s units, down 3.1% to cars sold for the same month of 2011. So far this year, through October, 260,113 vehicles hit […]
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In Colombia, the judicial strike continues despite the agreement reached between the Government and the National Association of Professional Employees of the Judicial Branch. Judicial Asonal president, Francisco Otálvara said Thursday at the 20 Hour program, nine thousand judges and prosecutors still unemployed looking to take advantage of recent negotiations with the Government to achieve […]
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Drug enforcement agents arrested four Mexicans who made a stopover at El Salvador’s international airport while carrying $40,000 in cash, police said Tuesday. The Mexicans, who were on their way to Colombia, were each carrying $10,000, the National Civilian Police, or PNC, said. Read Article
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A total of 14 inmates at the Prison and Penitentiary 40 in Pereira had to be isolated because they have chickenpox. The outbreak was recorded in several courtyards and therefore, the possibility of spreading it was decided, by the directives of INPEC canceling visits this weekend inmates. Read Article
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Whooping cough cases according to laud.udistrital.edu.co resurfaced in Bogotá with already more than double compared to 2011, this year has been 23 fatalities and 5 years of age. Pertussis is spread by the respiratory route and is caused by a bacterium called ‘Bordetella pertussis’, its incubation period is 6-20 days and may last an average […]
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The Bolivarian National Guard (GNB, militarized police) discovered a stash of 2.7 tons of drugs in Tachira state (northwest), which borders Colombia, the second largest of the year, said the Ministry of Interior. General Juan Romero, commander of the GNB, provide details of the find in the course of the day from the city of […]
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Six police officers have been killed by members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in the latest attack by the insurgency while peace talks aimed at ending the 50-year-old armed struggle try to get off the ground in Oslo, Norway, officials said Monday. Since the preliminary discussions between the Colombian government and FARC […]
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Three children were injured during clashes early hours of today fought the army and the sixth column in front of the FARC in rural area of Corinth, northern Cauca. The armed clash occurred in the villages of El tablazo and Miravalle where the community was in the midst of gunshots and tatucos launched by the […]
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Military units located in the last hours a cache with abundant explosives, mines destroyed three high power and captured a person accused of murder, in development of offensive operations in the departments of Caquetá and Putumayo, according to miputumayo.com.co. On the sidewalk Angura municipality of Puerto Asis, Putumayo, troops of the Southern Naval Force in […]
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Homemade explosives have left 65 dead since 2011: Police In March 2012, three university students were killed when bomb exploded potatoes were making in the home of one of them in Suba. File WEEK In March 2012, three college killed when bomb exploded potatoes were making in the home of one of them in Suba. […]
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With this result there are more than 150,000 plants destroyed by Army troops in recent days in this department. Santa Marta. The military offensive that advance troops of the First Army Division allowed drug trafficking late on a group composed of 75 eradicators attached Mechanized Infantry Battalion No. 4 General Antonio Nariño located and destroyed […]
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Santa Marta. In October, 15 individuals were arrested in coordinated between the Army and the National Police in the municipalities of Guachaca and Plato in the department of Magdalena. Among the most important catches highlights the alias Tejada, aka Pocho, Pio and alias alias Gordo clan belonging to Giraldo and alias alias Kiko and Supplier […]
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Brazil and Central America and the Caribbean would be interested in acquiring drones Colombia (“drones”) and sensors for such aircraft, currently under development, among other sophisticated military equipment that makes this country according to dinero.com. This was confirmed today Colombian Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon Expodefense after inaugurating an international security exhibition in Bogota that […]
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At the launch of Oil and Gas Expo 2012, the largest fair of Colombia oil, the manager announced the conclusion of the study by the firm Arthur D. Little for Mining and Energy Planning Unit. Thus, according to the document, the accounts could be completed in the next two decades with 1,200 million barrels in […]
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The decision to eliminate visas for Colombians traveling to Mexico was postponed according to diner.com. The measure, due to come into effect this November first, will not operate because the negotiations are not over between the foreign ministries of Colombia and Mexico. Through a statement issued by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, the […]
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Exsa, the largest company of explosives for mining in Peru, could invest in Colombia and Argentina following the recent purchase of the most important Brazilian explosives company, together with its Chilean partner Enaex. Gustavo Gomez-Sanchez, Exsa commercial manager, said the expansion plans of the company in the region go hand in hand with the growth […]
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Security Secretary emphasized the thoroughness of the investigation and said it will consider whether there was connivance of the police. Amidst the impressive security operation to transfer Henry de Jesus Lopez Londoño, Colombian drug boss known as “Mi Sangre,” Secretary of Homeland Security, Sergio Berni, said last night “is captured most important criminal narco world. […]
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Six policemen were killed on Monday in southwest Colombia in an attack blamed on FARC, in the most serious since the installation of a peace process and three weeks of the formal opening of negotiations with Cuba which seeks end the conflict for nearly 50 years. The Directorate General of Police said the attack took […]
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According to mirror.co.uk, A British tourist has been gang-raped by three tribesmen in South America. But last night the trio were being protected by their leaders – who refused to hand them over to police. The 23-year-old woman from London was attacked in a remote desert area in Colombia after having a row with her […]
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The Health Ministry reported that Cesar so far this year 2272 confirmed cases of dengue, of which 105 are of a grave. The situation is warning because patients have increased by 127% over the same period of 2011. Given this increase departmental Health Secretary, Rocio Gamarra, began with an inspection team to monitor clinics and […]
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Radiosantafe.com reported that research from the Colombian Air Force, detections of drug flights leaving from neighboring countries are fired, it is because in Venezuela since 2005, was suspended on air interdiction treaty existing between that country and the U.S.. UU. The figures coincide with information FAC Southern Command of the United States revealed four months […]
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Nine explosive charges that would have detonated in a row, in addition to weapons, anti-explosive units found in the municipality of El Paujil in Caquetá according to m.rcnradio.com. Colonel Carlos Vargas, Caquetá police commander, told RCN News nine charges that were found installed in sequence. Read Article
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sipse.com reported that Colombian authorities seized half a ton of explosives in an operation against the rebel National Liberation Army (ELN) on the border with Ecuador, said the Army and disseminated Notimex. War material was found by soldiers of Task Force Pegasus in the rural area of Mallama, in the southern department of Nariño, during […]
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Colombia encompasses an area of more than 1.1 million square kilometers and is the only country in South America with both a Caribbean and Pacific coastline. With an estimated population of 44.5 million, Colombia is the third most populous country in Latin America.1 Even though Colombia is ranked 77th in the Human Development Index and […]
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During the military operation was captured the third leader of the gang and recovered Miller Salcedo four minors, according to emisoraejercito.mil.co. Chaparral. In the last hours in the department of Tolima, troops of Task Force Zeus National Army, reported the death of developing a terrorist military operations, the capture of two more and the recovery […]
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Counternarcotics operations carried out by troops of the Colombian army in different parts of the national territory, left as a result of the elimination of approximately 393 hectares of illegal crops. The military offensive pledged to the Second, Fourth and Seventh Division, and the Air Assault Division, Task Force Pegasus Task Force Task Force Vulcan […]
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The fierce clash between market traders stop in Victoria and the hundred police this afternoon tried to block the access of trucks to supply center took its point of greatest violence at 4:35 pm when a police officer was massacred twenty hands of vandals bearing rocks and sticks. The policeman was attacked and beaten on […]
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Colombian Defence minister Juan Carlos Pinzón said that the guerrilla group FARC make anywhere from 2.4 to 3.5 billion dollars per year from the drug trade and estimated they have an army of 8.147 members, according to mercopress.com. “Of the 350 tons of cocaine produced in Colombia, 200 are linked to FARC”, said Pinzón during […]
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In a van that was reassembled in Ipiales, are camouflaged more than 66 kilos of cocaine that was destined Manta. The Ecuadorian PWZ vehicle plates 225, was led by Carlos Q., a 29-year-old explained to the police authorities who came from the province of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas to Tulcán, transporting shrimp and then […]
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6 terrorists neutralized, destroyed 20 explosive devices and the tailoring of the southern block Florence. In developing an offensive forward in the last 24 hours by units of the Sixth Division of the Army, in coordination with the Air Force, Navy, Police and the CTI. 6 terrorists were neutralized gang 48 of the FARC seized […]
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The ill-treatment by their leaders, the constant military operations, lack of food and the desire to be with his family were the reasons that led to a member of the ELN, was given the run of his terrorist stronghold in search Supporter of the men of the Army, in the department of Nariño. The voluntary […]
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As part of the operations of Army soldiers against illegal organizations illegal mining in recent times managed to neutralize illegal refinery in the department of Nariño. Military action was developed by the men of the Mobile Brigade No. 35, who managed to locate and destroy an illegal refinery used by terrorists from the Mariscal Antonio […]
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Eltiempo.com reported that…..Police investigators revealed to TIME the existence of a ‘cartel of hotels’ and allow residences where children provide sexual services. Only in the center there are at least 20. “The owners of these places require minors to have sex with them in exchange for being allowed to work there. For one piece, as […]
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A member of the FARC decided to lay down their arms tired of abuse to which he was subjected, to voluntarily surrender to Army troops in the department of Meta. The delivery was made in the El Lejanías Garden Township, at Battalion 21 Infantry Battle Pantano de Vargas, of the Seventh Brigade. The individual was […]
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RCNRADIO.com reported that according to The lack of security on smartphones, tablets or laptops or desktops, allows cyber attacks more easily. In the case of Colombia, the losses are close to $ 400 million annually, according to Gonzalo Erroz, regional manager for Olam – Norton computer security company. The figure, almost half of what it […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that Ecuador’s armed forces said Saturday the arrest of five people, one of them wounded, supposedly subversive, in a section of the Amazon frontier with Colombia, after a confrontation. The event, according to a statement released by the military, occurred at noon in the area of the board, about 30 kilometers from Puerto […]
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Eltiempo.com reported the following as reported crimes using false allegations in Bogota Colombia. 1. ‘Heist’ a bank customer: The cases identified Sijin messengers or employees of companies that steal money from their employers or the payroll of a company and report a ‘freight costs’ that never existed. 2. Items insured: Some companies have insurance policies […]
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(proceso.com.mx.) reported that- The alleged drug trafficker Sergio Asuad Oscar Otero, Mouse, who is considered one of the links of the Sinaloa cartel, was arrested by the National Police of Colombia. In an official statement reproduced on Saturday Notimex news agency, the corporation announced that Asuad Otero was a member of the Colombian cartel Norte […]
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areacucuta.com reported that The lab had the capacity to process up to one ton of cocaine monthly According to research belong to the criminal gang “Los Rastrojos” In compliance with the security policy of the Government and citizens as part of the development of corporate strategies, against criminal gangs, comprehensive intervention against Drug Trafficking and […]
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The continuous military operations and the difficulties inside the structures of the Farc, were the causes that made a member from the terrorist organization to ran away and turn in to the National Army in Antioquia. After several days running away, alias Katherine arrived to the city of Medellín and turned in a voluntary way […]
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On the frame of the operations made by men from the Army against the guerrilla structures from the Farc, in the last hours were neutralized 10 handmade explosive artifacts which were going to be used against the civilian population. Initially, soldiers from the Vulcano Task Force in the sector known as Caño Escondido in the […]
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Colombia has become a major health destinations in Latin America, thanks to the quality of service and infrastructure, technology, training of medical personnel and has international certifications. Maria Claudia Lacouture, president of Proexport entity with the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism and the Productive Transformation Program works sector growth explained “The Colombian medicine is […]
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REQUIRE MEDIA MONITORING — CUSTOM PROGRAMS FOR FOLLOWING EVENTS IN LATIN AMERICA In the last 24 hours men from the National Army located six death traps in different departments of the country on the frame of the offensive operations headed against the terrorist cells from the Farc and the ELN. The first action was headed […]
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Operations headed by troops from the National Army allowed the location and destruction of two illegal hideouts from the Farc in Santander and Nariño. The first operation took place in the municipality of Sabana de Torres, Santander were troops from the 40th Infantry Battalion attached to the Second Division, located a clandestine shelter from the […]
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Under the military actions carried out by the army in the department of Valle del Cauca, was located a structure designed for the illegal extraction of oil. Military actions were carried out by men of the High Mountain Battalion No. 3 Rodrigo Lloreda Caicedo, assigned to the Third Division, who placed in the structure near […]
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As part of the campaign that advance Sword of Honor men of the Army against the terrorist organizations that offend in the department of Cauca, was destroyed an improvised explosive device belonging to factions of the FARC. REQUIRE MEDIA MONITORING — CUSTOM PROGRAMS FOR FOLLOWING EVENTS IN LATIN AMERICA Initially, organic forces of the Twenty […]
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So far in 2012 the army has eliminated a total of 590 hectares in Córdoba and Urabá, after detecting the strategic corridor of drug trafficking in the lower Cauca, where there are illegal crops and laboratories of the alkaloid. This was stated by the Commander of the Brigade XI Army Colonel Luis Fernando Jaramillo, as […]
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Following a call from the Local Council for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation, City staff and the Virgin Cartagena Tourist forward an operation where they visited the nightspots that are part of this jurisdiction, for the purpose of inspecting not find minors consuming liquor, or subjected to sexual abuse. The mayor of […]
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A Nicaraguan flag ship was intercepted in waters of Colombia and refuses to leave the area claiming to follow “instructions” from the government of his country, revealed that the Navy gave him 24 hours to leave the area. The vessel was detected on Wednesday afternoon “to 13 nautical miles east of longitude 82 in Colombian […]
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Eleven kilos of marijuana that were hidden pressed into a decorative item with the image of Argentine footballer Lionel Messi were revealed on Tuesday afternoon by officers from the Metropolitan Police in Barranquilla guarding a checkpoint at the entrance road to the city. He knew he was at the height Galapa Township, at about 5:30 […]
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169 kilos of coke were found in one of the centers of crystallization As part of the “Comprehensive Policy on Security and Defence for Prosperity” National Government, Cucuta Metropolitan Police (Mecuc), continues to attack the sources of funding for drug gangs with the destruction of two laboratories which would be processed monthly about 3.5 tons […]
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The National Army occupied and destroyed two campamentarias areas of the FARC in Arauca and Meta, while craft seized mortars, ammunition, grenades, mortar grenades and other hand made items exclusive to the Forces in operations in Nariño and Cesar. A military spokesman revealed that in rural Arauquita in Arauc, troops from Mobile Brigade No. 31, […]
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Caracol.com.co reported four adults and two children injured left a firebomb attack, launched within a system bus integrated mass transit Cali. The event, described as insane by the authorities, occurred in the neighborhood Comuneros Aguablanca District, which covers the eastern suburbs of the capital of the Valley, when a man threw the device that caused […]
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“Horse” is the legend discovered cocaine in packages of three important operating and now trying to identify the owners of the “brand” The track to reach “Horse”, the hallmark of drug trafficking in Argentina, may be behind Arthur and Fermin, two Colombian citizens have a direct connection with the 67 kilos of cocaine out of […]
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The president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, confirmed via Twitter that the social network is recovering “satisfactorily” of the operation he underwent on Wednesday morning to remove a cancerous prostate tumor. Read Article
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