Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos said yesterday that the volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupted on Saturday at 5:40 in the morning and taken 1,710 people, 1,125 of Tolima and Caldas 585. He stressed that no affected but warned the “lack of social discipline” and “lack of communication Volcanological Center.” Read Article
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Colombia evacuated people from communities close to the Nevado del Ruiz volcano after an eruption on Saturday that spewed smoke and ash from its crater, bringing back memories of avalanches that in 1985 buried tens of thousands under rocks. Read Article
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The National Police of Colombia condemns the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) who employ minors with the body painted green to blend in and activate devices. Colombian police have submitted a video where there is a 14-year guerrilla alleged explosives-laden, half-naked, painted green and wounded in the leg after a fight in the Catatumbo, […]
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Continuing the strong offensive carried out by men of the army against the FARC terrorist organization in the last hours eight explosive devices were located in the departments of Caquetá, Valle del Cauca and Antioquia, says press release from the institution. In the first military action, troops attached to the Specific Command of Caguan found […]
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Officials in Colombia have announced that 564 hectares of illegal crops, mostly coca leaves, have been eradicated. The crop fields were located in various areas around the country. They are thought to belong to FARC members and other criminal organizations in the area, who would use them for drug production and distribution, the Comando General […]
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The U.S. Department of Treasury announced sanctions against five individuals for laundering money in Venezuela and Colombia on behalf of a Lebanese drug-trafficking organization. One of the suspects is believed to be raising money for Hezbollah, an Islamic terrorist group. Ali Mohamed Saleh, who has dual Colombian-Lebanese citizenship, is accused of coordinating Hezbollah’s activities in […]
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Before the fifth district judge hearing criminal Managua, Julio Cesar Arias, Colombian Luis Felipe Ríos Castaño, arrested on June 14 in Nicaragua, admitted the charge of the Office of that country who said to seek “information restricted and reserved the country on defense and national security. ” He said his attorney, the Nicaraguan Silvia Sanchez, […]
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The United Nations (UN) reports that illicit crops in Colombia cover 64,000 hectares, an increase of 2,000 from the 2010 figure. Previously, the number had been declining, with 80,000 in 2007 and 62,000 in 2010, El Imparcial reports. However, the trend seems to be reversing and illicit crops are once again on the rise. According […]
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After three years of research, the Colombian police the whereabouts of a band called “The Carranza.” The gang, made up of six criminals, was devoted exclusively to the cloning of ATM cards. The tentacles of this band came to four countries in the region: Venezuela, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador. Read Article
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Police in Santa Cruz, Colombia discovered and destroyed two drug laboratories. They were five kilometers apart, according to a La Razon report, suggesting they were connected. The laboratories were strategically placed near ecotourism cabins in El Condor and were obscured in bushes, making them difficult to access. Excessive vehicle activity in such a remote area […]
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Four Huila police officers were arrested for the crimes of fabrication, trafficking, and possession of drugs, as well as conspiracy. The officers had been involved in the transportation of cocaine paste by car, according to El Tiempo. They will be brought to the criminal court in the Justice Palace for their first hearings on June […]
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Police in Paraguay arrested Colombian Ulisis Peñalosa (57) and Venezuelan Fernando Stimac (43) in Asunción for drug possession. According to El Tiempo, police discovered cocaine during a raid on two houses in the city, one in Villa Morra and the other in Santísima Trinidad. Police reported 266 packages of cocaine were found in the first […]
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The presidents of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, and Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, agreed to install a radar network in the Pacific to combat organized crime, including joint security initiatives discussed at the bilateral summit June 15 in the Costa Rican capital. In high school foreign ministers, Colombia and Costa Rica reiterated its interest in joint […]
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Mauricio Santoyo, former chief of security under President Alvaro Uribe from 2002-2006 and retired police general in Colombia, has been accused by the United States of drug conspiracy. La Republic reports that the United States believes Santoyo conspired to bring cocaine into the country with the help of assassins and narco-traffickers from 2000-2008. It is […]
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Hundreds of indigenous Colombians remain blocked for a week Tres Cruces military base in the department of Cauca, to demand the closure of these facilities. The original settlers did not allow entry or exit of soldiers, and complain that civilians living near the barracks are targeted by internal conflict in Colombia 50 years ago. The […]
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Yanith del Socorro Selveda Quintero, identified as the girlfriend of the drug trafficker known as “Megateo,” was captured by police in Vega de San Antonio, Norte de Santander, in Colombia. She is being investigated for crimes of conspiracy, possession of drugs and arms, as well as trafficking of drugs and arms. The arms in question […]
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The LTE 4G UNE offers commercial speeds of 10 to 12 Megabits per second. Now available in Bogota and Medellin fastest Internet service in the country. In the second half of the year will reach Cali, Barranquilla, Cartagena and Bucaramanga. Read Article
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Héctor Fabio Carvajal Zapata, 37, student at the Universidad Libre, was caught in the Matecaña airport in Colombia for attempting to traffick drugs. The anti-narcotics police in Pereira surprised him at the airport where he intended to fly with 57 packages of cocaine to the San Andrés Island, The Archipielago Press reports. The drugs were […]
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Venezuelan officials seized almost 80 kilos of cocaine in the Ureña zone of the Táchira state that runs along the border with Colombia. The discovery occurred after drug-sniffing dogs belonging to the Bolivarian National Guard detected the cocaine in two vehicles. Two individuals were in the first vehicle, 55 and 20 years old, both of […]
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After receive information relating to trafficking in explosives and terrorist plans for attacks in Villavicencio, Meta Department, the Metropolitan Police of this city ahead of a raid on a house in the area of Playa Rica, where he found a large quantity of explosives, one with great destructive power. “There are five bars of a […]
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The governor the Colombian department of Nariño, Raul Delgado, was not injured during an attack with explosives by suspected guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in the town of Lewis (southwest), where he met with eradicators of drug crops. The Nariño Government Secretary Peter Obando said Monday that the incident occurred on […]
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The Colombian Air Force detected an unidentified plane that resembled one found in a hangar in Santa Elena, Ecuador. One official stated the plane was sighted June 8, 2012, while another report claims the illegal flight was spotted June 2, according to El Commercio. An investigation officially began after Minister of the Interior José Serrano […]
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National police captured a family running drug trafficking operations in Sahagún, Colombia. Jorge Eliécer Basilio Giraldo (44) was arrested, as well as his wife, Mary Luz Berna Flórez (36), and son, Yeferson Basilio Bernal (20). Many people in the Sahagún community knew of their drug activity but refrained from reporting them out of fear, El […]
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Two men carrying 395 kilos of cocaine were caught attempting to transport the drugs to the Caribbean, El Heraldo reports. The stash originated in Medellín and was in route to the Gulf of Urabá. From there, the drugs were to be transported to the Turbo port, in Antioquia. Urabá police report a vehicle carrying the […]
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A French citizen has died in a traffic accident that was presented at kilometer 32 of the road connecting the city of Ibague with Alvarado in the north of Tolima. The victim approximately 56 years, who was identified as Yvec Chavanel, going to the edge of a high-powered motorcycle, which collided with a truck. Authorities […]
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On Wednesday June 13 will be held the signing ceremony of the Maritime Boundary Agreement with Colombia, in the San Lorenzo. This event will involve the Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino and his Colombian counterpart Maria Angela Holguin, and the military authorities of both countries. The Foreign Minister stressed the importance of this act that […]
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Wilmar Mosquera Palacios, alias “Niche Visaje,” was captured by National Army soldiers in the Barranco Loba municipality, south of Bolívar in Colombia. Niche Visaje is known to have worked as an assassin before becoming the head of the Los Urabeños criminal group in Colombia, El Universal reports. He was one of the 20 most wanted […]
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The Colombian mafia has been spreading its influence throughout Latin America, the Colombian Ministry of Justice and Law reports. Many mafia members flee to other countries in Latin America, especially Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, and Chile, in order to evade law enforcement or to protect their families. Such criminals perceive these countries to have legal […]
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Colombian Minister of Defense Juan Carlos Pinzón said that at least 8 guerrillas belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) group died during a military operation in Nechí, Antioquia, to the north of the country. According to BBC Mundo, Admiral Roberto Garcia, head of the Navy, stated that the deceased individuals belonged to […]
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Police have successfully infiltrated the Colombian Los Rastrojos gang, which led to several recent arrests of central leaders and members, as well as the seizure of weapons and illegal materials. Authorities had been working for several months to investigate the structure of criminal gangs, El Heraldo reports. Their intelligence led to the capture of 15 […]
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Foreign Minister of Colombia María Ángela Holguín warned on June 5, 2012 that Colombian cartels are operating in Bolivia. According to Erbol Digital, she hopes to launch a joint effort to curb their activities. The names of the trafficking organizations were not specified; however, she did state that detrimental consequences would arise if efforts are […]
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The criminal chamber of the Supreme Court of Colombia agreed to extradite Argemiro Sierra Pastrana (70), alias “El Canoso” to Argentina, where he is wanted for crimes associated with drug trafficking throughout Central and South America, as well as Europe, in addition to human smuggling. He is one of the most wanted narco-traffickers in South […]
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Yepes Yesiker Antonio Aponte (24) died after retaliating against hitmen that shot Brave Daniel Arrieta (32) in the Lipaya neighborhood of Barranquilla, Colombia. Yesiker Aponte had left his residence on June 3, 2012 in order to watch a soccer game on a public screen. Around 6:30 p.m., two men appeared on a motorcycle and shot […]
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More Colombian drug traffickers are turning to Argentina as a sanctuary, La Nación reports. These criminals have been increasingly participating in real estate business and money laundering in Argentina, as well as using the country as a shelter for family members. Diego Murillo Bejarano, alias “Don Berna,” a former Colombian paramilitary-turned-drug trafficker arrested in the […]
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Diego Pérez Henao, better known as “Diego Rastrojo,” was captured early on June 3, 2012 in the Rojas municipality in Venezuela. The operation was coordinated by the National Drug Office in Venezuela with the support of Colombian authorities. He was the head of the Colombian drug trafficking organization Los Rastrojos and is accused of trafficking […]
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A woman was killed and over 100 were injured by the weather phenomenon. About five thousand people were left homeless in the Colombian town of Sabanalarga the wake of a tornado that devastated the city center. According to the authorities at least one person was killed and over 100 were injured by the weather phenomenon. […]
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Declared the authorities caught Pueblo Rico, Western Cape, for the mass detention of 10 people. Among them are a former candidate for mayor, accused of the crime of rebellion and alleged ties to the FARC. Read Article
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On May 31, 2012, the Ministry of the Interior and Justice of Venezuela together with the National Armed Forces of Bolivia destroyed a clandestine airstrip that was used to traffick drugs in the Apure state. The government also claimed to have dismantled an additional 35 illegal runways along the border with Colombia, AVN reports. Since […]
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The Colombian Navy found a semi-submersible water vessel in a jungle area 64 kilometers south of Buenaventura, buried under thick vegetation near the mouth of the Cajambre river. The device is thought to have been used for trafficking drugs along the river, the Colombian Ministry of Justice and Law states. It is about 7.5 meters […]
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A police force of at least 150 people and 40 trucks surprised the San Germán community in Colombia around 6 a.m. on May 30, 2012, where they had organized a strike against narcos. The armed police began by entering residences they considered to be suspicious. The preliminary report states that 17 people were arrested, many […]
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Former President of Colombia Alvaro Uribe on Friday accused the Government of Venezuela to protect the leaders of the FARC who blamed the bombing that left two dead and several wounded on Tuesday in Bogota. “How sad, the streets of Bogota are bloody (…) know who put these pumps have their leaders, the leaders over […]
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The humanitarian mission led by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported that the narco-guerrillas of the FARC complied with the agreement and gave the French journalist, Romeo Langlois, who had fallen into his power in late April. Before traveling to their country, the victim will give a press conference at the embassy […]
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In 2005, the Southern Command of the United States began monitoring air and sea traffic to determine where illicit trafficking occurs in Latin America. It has determined that Ecuador and Colombia have seen the most maritime activity and claims these countries have more ships that are likely to be carrying drugs to Central America. In […]
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An assassin entered the Pan Suizo bakery in Fontibón, Colombia and fired three shots, thus killing his victim. The killer, estimated to be 18 years of age, attempted to flee the scene after the incident by running, but was caught by police, El Espacio reports. Before the assassination, the victim had been sitting and drinking […]
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The family of Javier Antonio Calle, head of the Norte del Valle cartel in Colombia, has been granted asylum in Spain. This results from an agreement between the U.S. DEA, Spanish authorities, and Calle himself. Because he agreed to turn himself in to U.S. authorities, Spain has agreed to allow Calle, his parents, two sisters, […]
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Félix Alberto Isaza Sánchez, alias Beto, was arrested by Colombian Police in Rionegro. Beto is accused of trafficking drugs and is suspected to be the the second in command of the Oficina de Envigado, a group of assassins created in the 1980s by the narcotrafficker Pablo Escobar, who headed the Medellín drug cartel. This gang […]
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Following the discovery of a lionfish in Tubará jurisdiction of the Regional Autonomous Corporation of the Atlantic (CRA) reported that it was reissued a warning to all coastal municipalities of the department. Read Article
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Colombia thwarts drug route to United States with ties to FARC, Los Rastrojos After 19 months of intelligence preparation, El Heraldo reports Colombian police have intercepted a drug route travelling from Colombia, through Central American countries such as Honduras, and into the United States. Mules, often young children, were used to deliver the drugs to […]
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Two vessels seized in Colombia carrying 71 tons of illegal timber The Colombian Navy intercepted two vessels carrying a combined amount of 71 tons of illegal timber on May 22, 2012, according to Radio Santa Fe. The ships were stopped in the Buenaventura Bay and are thought to have been travelling toward Satinga, Nariño. The […]
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According to El Colombiano on May 22, 2012, a man with the alias ‘Tetero’ (26) has been captured in the Bello municipality of the Bajo Cauca region in Colombia. Tetero is reported to be the third-highest leader of the Los Rastrojos criminal group and is responsible for at least 15 homicides. Tetero had moved to […]
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Colombian Air Force Dismantles Clandestine Airstrip Together with the Police Narcotics Unit and the National Maritime Interdiction, the Colombian Air Force has dismantled a clandestine airstrip in Pizarro, according to the Fuerza Aérea Colombiana. The airstrip had previously been used by terrorists and the ‘Los Rastrojos’ criminal gang in the area. The airstrip proved useful […]
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The operation was conducted by the Colombian Air Force (FAC) and the Police. In the action, which was also supported by the National Maritime Interdiction Unit, it was a clandestine airstrip, known as ‘discord’ in Pizarro, Department of Chocó. The report indicates that in that area offends the criminal gang ‘Los Rastrojos’ Officials explained that […]
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After seven months in captivity, has just released the rural entrepreneur Laurentino Rojas. Rojas, about to turn 76 years old, was taken by the FARC in a rural area of Garzon in the center of Huila. Abducted in October last year, his family cried at the outset for their freedom by crossing a delicate condition. […]
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High U.S. military presence in Colombia formalized in the exercise of elite BOGOTÁ.Un top U.S. military aviation in Bogota today formalized the presence of the Colombian Air Force (FAC) during an international air polygon to be held next July in the North American country. The Colombian participation in the so-called Red Flag was enrolled at […]
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The incident occurred at one in the afternoon of Monday, Puerto Nuevo site, one kilometer from the town of Puerto Valdivia, when the guerrillas set off a mine field by a passing patrol Rifles Battalion. The wounded soldiers were taken to hospital San Juan de Dios, the municipality of Valdivia, where they had to refer […]
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The world of crime in Colombia relies more than ever to scopolamine, a poison that turns people into ‘zombies’ docile. In South America has been dubbed the ‘borrachero’ or ‘breath of the devil’. The scariest aspect of the consequences of this drug, odorless and tasteless, is their suggestibility, as it makes people consciously let the […]
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Authorities confirmed that due to the explosion at 11 am in the banking sector in the Colombian capital, 5 people were killed, including 2 former Minister Fernando Londono bodyguards and 21 wounded. So far the investigations being carried out against this fact, according to General Luis Eduardo Martinez, commander of the Metropolitan Police of Bogota, […]
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A growing number of FARC factions are being driven out of the cocaine business by the police and army. Rather than disband, these FARC gangs turn more to other criminal activities, ranging from robbery, kidnapping and extortion to illegal mining and lumbering. For the average Colombian, these means FARC is still a threat. FARC has […]
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Public Statement of the Central Secretariat of the FARC-EP The case of French journalist Romeo Langlois ideal way to reveal the undeniable role of mass media in the social order imposed by big business. Before that inform and promote free thinking citizens, the mainstream media distorts reality to become truly unique version of its sponsors. […]
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The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) offered the journalist Romeo Langlois deliver a commission, composed of former Senator Piedad Cordoba, the International Red Cross and a delegate of the French government reported today local and international media and humanitarian organizations. The Cuban press and radio station “RCN Radio” indicated that the armed group issued […]
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The soldiers of the Fourth Army Division detained the day before midnight three suspected members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Coca, Francisco de Orellana. According to the military, is caught between the alleged chief financial officer of Block 48 of the guerrillas ‘Fredemiro’. In a bulletin issued by the Joint Command […]
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They are coming out the latest data on poverty in Dane Medellin and Antioquia. A disturbing picture. Bleak. The program notes that Medellin How Come 2 million 368 thousand inhabitants in the city, 213 000 people (which can be filled five times the Atanasio Girardot stadium), or 9 percent, live in extreme poverty . Other […]
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The Mobility Department reported that 36,842 vehicles and 2125 homes will be ‘kidnapped’ by the police and the Sijin as a result of nonpayment of subpoenas by their owners. “It is retained and then is topped. If this happens, the citizen must pay the costs of the auction process that has place,” said Ana Luisa […]
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The attorneys general of Colombia and Ecuador agreed today to increase judicial cooperation between the two entities in order to increase the fight against transnational crime. he agreements were entered into two agreements signed in Bogota after a visit by the Ecuadorian tax, Galo Chiriboga, his Colombian counterpart, Eduardo Montealegre. A first agreement aims to […]
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Carolina Ardila Stephanny Garzon, Colombia 22, disappeared last April 28 in Quito, denounced his family, who arrived in the capital to start your search with Ecuadorian authorities. The day of her disappearance, she told colleagues that he would visit the Museum of Contemporary Art, but at home, on Main Street, fourth ward Paluco staircase, found […]
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Colombia anti-drug authorities and the United States completely dismantled a network of cocaine trafficking with the arrest of a U.S. exmilitar and a Colombian citizen. Narcotics Directorate (Diran) of the National Police of Colombia and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Directorate (DEA) arrested in coordinated and called Alliance 31 to the two alleged ringleaders of the […]
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The French government will not change their perception of security in Colombia, despite the kidnapping of its citizens Roméo Langlois, who has about 11 days held by the FARC. The French ambassador in Colombia, Pierre Jean Vandoorne, denied that his country would issue a travel warning, explaining that there are no specific threats against French […]
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Radio Caracol had access to a series of videos shot by soldiers who witnessed cell made of “bullying”, vandalism and indiscipline in facilities of the First Brigade of the Army, based in Tunja, Boyaca. The incident occurred in the last week of April, and involve a group of soldiers who, in a prolonged and inexcusable […]
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Companies from various sectors will make representations to establish contacts and distributors in the country. Brazilian businessmen from 42 companies in the sectors of machinery and equipment, fashion, home and construction, food and beverages, health technology and will participate in a business conference scheduled in Colombia… Read Article
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In the first four months of the year 106,743 units were placed. Although it appears that the market tends to level off in April retail sales of new cars rose again in Colombia. In the third month of the year 30,549 new cars were sold, 1,771 units less than the same month of 2011, when […]
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For the possible provision irregular air service will be investigated. The Attorney opened a disciplinary investigation to 21 air traffic controllers of the Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics possible irregular provision of air transportation in the country. The Public Ministry considers that during the implementation of the operation called regulation, during the discussion of […]
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Summary The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, or U.S. Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, as it is officially called, 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. The agreement will enter into force on May 15, 2012. […]
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The detainees also see a doctor and a lawyer, pointed out to defraud the state with health recoveries. According to research, the recovery for guardianship actions in the region has committed 5,600 million pesos. These traps are part of the operation against the embezzlement to health. The detainees were transferred to Bogota, where they will […]
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After hearing confirmation of alleged kidnapping, ICRC withdrew from the past rather than fighting. TIME correspondent in Huila and Caquetá makes presence since Tuesday in the village of La Union Peneya, place where the fighting took place between the army and the FARC last Saturday that left four officers dead and disappeared after Roméo Langlois […]
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The French government appointed him to be kidnapped on Sunday and urged the rebel group to release him immediately and keep his word to end the kidnapping, a crime that has been used for decades as a pressure mechanism and funding source. Colombia FARC also asked to immediately release the journalist and said he would […]
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A newborn died after (removal) of the clitoris in an Indian reservation of western Colombia, said Tuesday local authorities, who were surprised by this case. “On Thursday I reported the death of a 15 days. Evaluated at the hospital that was the result of bleeding that occurred ablation. And the Legal Medicine Institute confirmed later,” […]
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A reporter for Radio Caracol that had traveled to La Union Peneya, rural village in the department of Caquetá where the events occurred , received a phone call from an alleged rebel through which the FARC reported the whereabouts of Langlois. “We French journalist in our power,” said the woman, according to the correspondent. “We […]
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At least 8 people were killed and 19 wounded when shooting into an abyss the bus they were traveling in the southern Colombian department of Putumayo, which borders Ecuador, local police said. The vehicle had left the southern city of Pasto to Puerto Asis, ran off the road and rolled into an abyss of over […]
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Defense Ministry: the soldiers were 4 dead after attack in Caquetá Week Archive According to the ministry NATION on Saturday night, were four and fifteen, as might be indicated in principle, the soldiers killed in clash with FARC drug operation after an inspection in advance of the Union Peneya municipality of La Montanita . At […]
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French journalist Romeo Langlois, held by the FARC guerrillas as Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, was wounded in the left arm in the middle of fighting in southern Colombia, said Sunday the Colombian Minister of Defense Juan Carlos Pinzon, noting that what fate was unknown. “What tells me the staff was with him until the last […]
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58-year-old Denis Ian Levy was shot dead in El Tamarindo hostel in the city’s El Poblado district shortly after midnight Wednesday. In a hostel in the neighborhood Provence, in the village, unknown assailants killed yesterday in the morning, the American tourist Denis Ian Levy. The New Yorker, 49, received a shot in the chest and […]
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An Army intelligence officer said that, demobilized and reporting information, it is known that the fronts 34 and 36 of the Farc, in Antioquia offenders, trying to get guns UltraMAG point 50, that allow a sniper attack helicopters and vehicles shielded. The obsession of the FARC, says the officer, “is to get anti-aircraft weapons to […]
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But in his view, what is the chief complaint of the city? (William Matson Ospina) “The problem of Cartagena is war. And do not say because there is generated a war, but because the conflict itself in this country has led some communities to move. We have the example of Nelson Mandela neighborhood, in the […]
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The operation launched by the government on Monday to curb the shortage of gas , was insufficient. Hundreds of Quito had to wait four hours for a cylinder. The paradox: on the northern and southern borders of the country is still leaking daily by thousands of tanks, although the operations of the police and oil […]
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IN THE last days of Álvaro Uribe’s presidency in 2010, Colombia accused neighbouring Venezuela of letting the FARC and ELN, the two main leftist guerrilla groups, maintain camps along its border. In response Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s president, recalled his ambassador and skipped the inauguration of Mr Uribe’s successor, Juan Manuel Santos. Once Mr Santos took […]
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The defense secretary said the country would sell 10 helicopters to Colombia. The Secretary of Defense United States, Leon Panetta, who was an official visit to Colombia confirmed the sale of 10 helicopters, reaffirmed cooperation on intelligence and expressed concern about weapons purchases by Venezuela. “America has no objection to what Venezuela is doing to […]
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Offered 20 million pesos for those who report on those responsible for this. In less than 24 hours and are eight wounded by two bombings in Ibague. A driver of a public bus was injured by the explosion of a firecracker that occurred Sunday in the city center. Another explosion occurred Saturday night in a […]
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The 1215 killings of women in 2011 are clear evidence of the difficult and worrying situation facing the female gender in Colombia. This is a very negative balance, even though last year there were 229 fewer crimes than in 2010, as shown in a report released by the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic […]
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The top leader of the FARC, alias “Timoshenko” confirmed his willingness to begin peace talks with the government of President Juan Manuel Santos, but stressed that sit down and talk does not mean surrender, according to a statement. The statement of “Timoshenko” is dated April 14 from the “mountains of Colombia” and appeared Thursday at […]
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At least two hours completing the strong disturbances on Wednesday disrupted the peace on the campus of the University of Antioquia. Given the situation, the authorities of the institution gave the evacuation order. A group of at least 15 masked star in the riots with the detonation of bomb potatoes and making the goals, especially […]
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Patients say they were disfigured and operations would have done without anesthesia. The attorney general of New York announced today that it filed charges against two fake plastic surgeons and a doctor, all Colombians, for performing plastic surgery procedures several women, some of which were permanently disfigured. Prosecutors identified the defendants as William Carlos Arango […]
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It is a longing of the political leadership and the union tour. Allow the arrival of international flights and could become reality in the medium term. Peter Grosssich and Julio Andrés Torres, executive Concession East Airports SAS, which is responsible for the Simon Bolivar in Santa Marta since November 2010, undertook to present the 11th […]
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Colombia’s National Police today reported the capture of Jorge Maximiliano Pachón, alias “Pachoviola” considered a “czar” to clone credit cards and ATM debit cash dispensers in South America. The institution said in a statement that the subject was arrested in Bogota after “five months of research, and from the complaint filed by one of the […]
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Last year, the firm International-represented in Colombia by Navistar-managed an impressive record sales of trucks with more than 4,300 units within the various types and tonnages. The thrust of the economy, the boom in construction and public works are the factor that has generated the need for such good causes reflections on national development. It […]
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More than 925 tonnes of dry goods of various kinds, have been seized by the National Guard and Customs at what has transpired this year, for attempted illegal entry or removal of the national territory, through pathways communication Tachira border with Norte de Santander. The commander of the Border Detachment No. 11 National Guard Lt. […]
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The Navy found thirteen Cuban illegal immigrants traveling on a boat for the Gulf of Uraba. Foreigners occupied a fishing vessel that was intercepted off the coast of Titumate, in Chocó. Coast Guard Commander of the Navy in the Caribbean, Commander Carlos Alberto Serrano, said in a statement that the Cubans had left Turbo, Uraba, […]
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Argentina and some of its Southern Cone neighbors, have become centers of operation of the Colombian mafia. Its geographical position, the contacts and some facilities were provided migratory their actions. The closest episode of this relationship between criminals here and there, surfaced last Friday, when in Buenos Aires arrested two Spanish, 12 Argentines and 11 […]
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Bogota is on alert after report by the Surveillance System in Public Health District importing a case of measles. This is an adult who entered the country from Spain and went to the hospital network where the virus was confirmed. The infected person did not have antecedent vaccination against measles and rubella. Through actively seeking […]
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Wives arrested Colombian drug traffickers in Argentina In the operations, 11 Colombians were detained and 280 kilos of cocaine were confiscated. In an operation, which the Argentine authorities called Louis XV, detained several people and seized 280 kilos of cocaine that would be worth around 14 million euros. What goes beyond the news is that […]
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