By Admin Thursday, February 2, 2012
By CARLOS JULIO MARTINEZ
VILLA RICA, Colombia—At least six people were killed and more than 20 wounded Thursday in an attack with homemade mortars on the police station in this western town, the regional police chief said.
By Admin Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Colombian authorities detained three Costa Rican fishing vessels for allegedly fishing in protected waters in Colombia on Thursday, newswire FiS reported.
Colombian police confiscates 1.7 tons of marijuanaBy Admin Monday, January 23, 2012
BOGOTA (Xinhua)—Colombian police forces had confiscated 1.7 tons of marijuana in a rural area in southwest Colombia, allegedly from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group, a police report said on Sunday.
Homemade Liquor Kills 1 in ColombiaBy Admin Tuesday, January 17, 2012
BOGOTA – An Indian in the southeastern Colombian province of Guaviare died and at least seven others were gravely ill after imbibing a homemade liquor fermented from bananas that were apparently contaminated by pesticide used to eradicate coca, the raw material of cocaine, authorities said Monday.
Colombia: another indigenous leader slain in CaucaBy Admin Monday, January 16, 2012
An indigenous leader who 11 years ago escaped kidnappers from the FARC rebel group, was gunned down in the southwestern Colombian department of Cauca Jan. 12, according to the regional indigenous alliance ACIN.
Colombian hostage’s ex-husband sells film rightsBy Admin Monday, January 16, 2012
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The former husband of Ingrid Betancourt is selling the film rights to his two books about the French-Colombian former hostage. Juan Carlos Lecompte says U.S. producer Betty Kaplan plans to make a film called “In Search of Ingrid.”
By Admin Monday, January 9, 2012
BOGOTA – Four people aboard a military helicopter were injured when the aircraft went down Sunday in a refinery belonging to Colombian state oil company Ecopetrol in the north-central city of Barrancabermeja, officials said.
Three Members of Family Electrocuted in ColombiaBy Admin Monday, January 9, 2012
BOGOTA – Three members of a family were electrocuted when they touched a power line in the yard of their Bogota house, Colombian officials said.
Ex-Colombian president defends Panama asylum seekerBy Admin Monday, January 9, 2012
COLOMBIA’S Former President, who visited Panama for a state funeral, has defended an asylum seeker wanted by judicial authorities in an investigation linked to him.
Two Colombian Soldiers Die in Rescue of Kidnapped BusinessmanBy Admin Friday, January 6, 2012
BOGOTA – Two Colombian soldiers and three kidnappers were killed during the rescue of a businessman abducted in the southwestern city of Pasto, the military said Thursday.
