Associated Press
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 00:00
Mexican drug traffickers' first car-bomb attack against police has revealed a new level of cold-blooded planning that is forcing this border city and security forces to change the way they confront violence.
Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 00:00
The rebels' military chief told the lieutenant colonel - his highest-ranking hostage - that he would be the last captive freed.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 00:00
He was escorted to a U.S. Justice Department plane, handcuffed and with a lowered head, after two other Colombians recently arrested in Venezuela.
Monday, July 12, 2010 - 00:00
Betancourt stressed during the TV interview that her intention in filing for the damages - for her as well as her mother and two children - was to "open the way so that other people who have been kidnapped can get compensation."
Monday, July 12, 2010 - 00:00
Colombia's military says 13 soldiers have been killed after entering two minefields in the northeastern province of Arauca.
Friday, July 9, 2010 - 00:00
The U.S. government has denied a visa to a prominent Colombian journalist who specializes in conflict and human rights reporting to attend a prestigious fellowship at Harvard University.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 - 00:00
A Salvadoran man wanted by Cuba as a suspect in a series of bombings was arrested with a false passport at Caracas' airport.
Friday, July 2, 2010 - 00:00
Colombian police say at least seven people have been killed and nine wounded in a drug-gang-related fusillade just outside of Medellin.
Thursday, July 1, 2010 - 00:00
A Colombian court on Tuesday handed down the first prison sentences to leaders of the illegal far-right militias that demobilized under a peace pact with President Alvaro Uribe's government.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 00:00
Edward Cobos, better known as "Diego Vecino," and Uber Banquez, alias "Juancho Dique," each received the maximum of eight years in prison dictated by the Justice and Peace law under which they surrendered.