Hugh Bronstein
Tuesday, February 5, 2008 - 00:00
When spies spotted a guerrilla chief camped on a jungle riverbank one afternoon late last year, Colombia's army quickly turned to U.S. soldiers to help plan his capture
Saturday, February 2, 2008 - 00:00
The boss of Colombia's biggest remaining cocaine cartel was shot dead in neighboring Venezuela in an apparent settling of scores among drug gangs
Monday, January 14, 2008 - 00:00
The release of two hostages by Colombia's Marxist rebels increases pressure on President Alvaro Uribe to meet guerrilla demands for freeing more captives, but he will likely resist
Monday, January 14, 2008 - 00:00
They blamed each other and fell out over the failed attempt while the guerrillas disciplined them by throwing snakes, tarantulas and even a dead tiger into their bunks
Wednesday, January 9, 2008 - 00:00
Colombia captured a commander of the country's second biggest rebel force who led the group's radical wing in opposing peace talks
Tuesday, January 8, 2008 - 00:00
Colombia will allow no more international missions seeking the release of hostages held by leftist rebels after a Venezuela-led plan dissolved in a flurry of accusations
Sunday, January 6, 2008 - 00:00
Colombia on Saturday called on leftist guerrillas to unconditionally free hostages after saying the rebels lied in an "incoherent" way about the whereabouts of a young boy they promised to free
Wednesday, January 2, 2008 - 00:00
Colombia's government and Marxist rebels are likely to toughen their negotiating stances, leaving dozens of kidnap victims in limbo, after a deal to free three hostages crumbled
Thursday, December 27, 2007 - 00:00
Former Colombian vice presidential candidate Clara Rojas could be freed along with her young son as early as Thursday, almost six years after she was captured by Marxist rebels
Tuesday, December 25, 2007 - 00:00
There was no word on Monday about the time or place of the handover of her daughter, former vice presidential candidate Clara Rojas