Colombia

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BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia's chief prosecutor's office said Thursday it was seeking the arrest of ex-President Alvaro Uribe's longtime peace commissioner for allegedly choreographing the bogus surrender of a column of leftist guerrillas.  

BOGOTA, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- One of Colombia's most wanted drug lords has been arrested in Venezuela along with his brother, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed. Martin Llanos, whose real names is Hector Buitrago, was arrested just hours after...  

Luc Besson's EuropaCorp has acquired French rights to Miguel Courtois' political ... her son Emmanuel and Consuelo Gonzalez by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Spain's Luis Tosar ("Even the Rain") plays Jose Crisanto, a Colombian peasant who ...  

The second match played on Friday afternoon was between Ecuadorian Ivan Endara and Colombian Santiago Giraldo, who leads the Colombian team due to the absence of Alejandro Falla, the best ranked Colombian player who is injured. Giraldo defeated Endara in 6 ...  

BOGOTA, Feb. 1 -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday called on the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to immediately release six hostages. An agreement to release the six army and police officers was reached with the FARC ...  

Suspected FARC rebels killed one police officer in an attack on a radar station in Colombia’s Cauca Department, located in the country’s south, according to reports. Saturday’s attack by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, on the radar [...]  

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A Puerto Rican fisherman spent nearly three weeks adrift in the Caribbean, surviving on raw fish and trapped rainwater, before reaching the Colombian island of San Andres.  

BOGOTA, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Alonso Marin "Don Urrea" Urrea, a Colombian who authorities describe as a major drug trafficker, was arrested in Colombia, police said. Urrea is wanted in New York for his alleged involvement in trafficking of drugs...  

Bogota, Feb 7 (IANS/EFE) A former militiaman was sentenced to 24 years in prison for his role in the murder of journalist Alvaro Alonso Escobar, who was gunned down a decade ago in a coastal town in northern Colombia, authorities said Monday. Edgar Ariel ...  

Reis wasn’t only showing off his Spanish vocabulary skills, but also directing – Right! Left! – Colombian center back John Lozano, who’s spent approximately one week in the United States and doesn’t understand more than a few words of English.  

BOGOTA, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Colombian government will help release six Colombian officers kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon said Wednesday. In a press conference, Pinzon said the ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia -- The death toll in five terrorist attacks in Colombia this week points to the increasing threat posed by unholy alliances between leftist rebels and criminal bands engaged in drug trafficking, killings and extortion, Colombian ...  

Baristas serving frothy caffeinated drinks are commonplace at cafes around the world but the story behind this coffee shop in Bogota is different ... has been forced to pull back from ambitious plans to expand internationally, especially in the United ...  

SANTO DOMINGO. – The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) on Friday said it seized 102 kilos of cocaine and it arrested 5 individuals who form part of a drug trafficking ring based in the Capital and San Pedro (east), where they received the ...