Frank Bajak
Friday, March 6, 2009 - 00:00
Heberth Veloza, alias "HH," has admitted to personally killing more than 100 people and acknowledged that fighters under his command killed hundreds more. He is the 17th Colombian paramilitary boss to be extradited
Thursday, March 5, 2009 - 00:00
Diego Fernando Murillo, better known as "Don Berna," says in an affidavit filed in a U.S. federal court in Manhattan last week that his fighters entered the hillside Medellin slum Comuna 13 in "an alliance" with troops under Montoya's
Thursday, March 5, 2009 - 00:00
The 49-year-old Mejia was an anomaly among far-right militia bosses. After initially demobilizing in a peace pact with the government, he returned to being a fugitive and authorities say he ran a major drug gang
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 00:00
A Colombian warlord awaiting sentencing in New York City after pleading guilty to drug-trafficking charges says former army chief Gen. Mario Montoya mounted a joint operation with his illegal, far-right militia in late 2002
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 00:00
In what may be the world's most protectionist response to the global economic crisis, Ecuador's leftist government has imposed import restrictions on everything from Peruvian shampoo to Chilean grapes and U.S.-made running shoes.
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 00:00
One of the Northrop Grumman employees alleges she was haughty and self-absorbed, stole food and hoarded books, and even put their lives in danger by telling rebel guards they were CIA agents
Friday, February 20, 2009 - 00:00
The military component of U.S. aid, about $300 million, accounts for some 5 percent of Colombia's $7.2 billion defense budget, which Santos said was being cut this year by $200 million
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 00:00
The development was a major blow to efforts by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia to promote a prisoner swap with the government and to be removed from the European Union's list of terror organizations
Monday, February 9, 2009 - 00:00
Larsen faces tough odds in fighting to keep his ranch, the last parcel of which he said he bought in 1973
Thursday, February 5, 2009 - 00:00
Alexander Farfan, alias "Gafas," or glasses, cannot be extradited on kidnapping and terrorism charges because "the crimes for which he is wanted were committed in national territory," the court said