Colombia Reports
Friday, August 20, 2010 - 00:00
According to Caracol Radio, the prosecutor general's investigative unit places the FARC at the top of the list of suspects of the attack, based on raids and searches of more than 35 buildings in southern Bogota.
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 00:00
Colombian authorities arrest a man whose mechanic shop allegedly fitted the car bomb which exploded Thursday outside the headquarters of Caracol Radio in Bogota.
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 00:00
Seven ELN guerrillas and four FARC guerrillas were killed in Taraza, in the central Colombian department of Antioquia in a joint operation between the police, army, and air force.
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 00:00
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Tuesday ruled out engaging in a peace dialogue with the FARC and called on the armed forces to increase their efforts to combat the guerrilla group.
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 00:00
The murder rate per capita in Colombian capital Bogota fell 0.9% in the first seven months of 2010 compared to the same period last year, though the total number of homicides rose.
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 00:00
Vargas Lleras said that the new policy, which will be implemented as part of a "shock plan" to improve citizen security, will include judicial reform to confront the problem of impunity.
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 00:00
Naranjo also announced that 800 extra police will be sent to reinforce the Comuna 13, while a group of investigators devise a plan to combat the dozen or so criminal organizations that dominate the area.
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 00:00
Medellin authorities regain control of the San Javier neighborhood Juan XIII after gang warfare paralyzed the area Tuesday, but the metrocable remains closed due to damage from gunfire.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 00:00
From September 1 Uribe will give "seminars and other programmatic activities" to students of the university's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS).
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 00:00
Uribe filed the petitions against Venezuela during his last day in office on August 6. The following day he handed over the Colombian leadership to Juan Manuel Santos, after eight years as Colombian president.