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News: Colombia

We have started to collect the most important news related to Colombia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Arms dealer jailed for 30 years

Wednesday, February 25th 2009, 9:22
related countries: Syria Syria

A Syrian-born arms dealer is jailed for 30 years for conspiring to sell millions of dollars of weapons to Colombian rebels.
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Colombian wiretap scandal grows

Monday, February 23rd 2009, 8:55

The entire high command of Colombia's secret police has submitted letters of resignation over a wiretap investigation.
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Colombia police in wiretap probe

Saturday, February 21st 2009, 23:59

Colombia's secret police are under investigation over claims rogue agents may have tapped phones and passed data to the mafia.
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'More tribe killings' in Colombia

Thursday, February 12th 2009, 20:48

Claims of 10 members of the Awa tribe in Colombia being killed, after the reported murder last week of 17.
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UN urges Colombia killings probe

Wednesday, February 11th 2009, 12:44

The UN refugee agency calls on Colombia to investigate the reported murder of 17 indigenous people.
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Colombia rebels free politician

Thursday, February 5th 2009, 23:19

Left-wing Farc rebels in Colombia release a politician they had been holding for almost seven years, the Red Cross says.
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'Key drugs player' held in Mexico

Thursday, February 5th 2009, 7:38
related countries: Mexico Mexico, United States United States

Mexican police say they have arrested a top official in a powerful cartel that trafficks cocaine from Colombia to the US.
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Colombia's Farc free ex-governor

Tuesday, February 3rd 2009, 23:14

Colombian Farc rebels release a former provincial governor held hostage since 2001 in the jungle, the Red Cross says.
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Colombia Farc hostages released

Monday, February 2nd 2009, 7:05

Colombia's Farc rebels set free four members of the security forces they had been holding hostage in the jungle.
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Farc 'set to free hostages'

Wednesday, January 28th 2009, 23:32

Colombia's main leftist rebel group, the Farc, plans to release several top hostages on Sunday, a prominent politician says.
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Bomb blast hits Colombian capital

Wednesday, January 28th 2009, 6:19
related places: Bogota

At least two people are killed and 20 injured by a bomb blast in the Colombian capital, Bogota, police say.
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Togo sends 'drug smuggler' to US

Friday, January 16th 2009, 10:02
related countries: Togo Togo, United States United States

The Togolese government agrees to extradite a suspected Colombian drugs kingpin to the US.
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Colombia Farc attack 'kills four'

Wednesday, January 14th 2009, 9:36

Colombian officials say a Farc rebel attack has killed killed three children and a woman, as two more rebels desert.
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Colombian drug lord shot in Spain

Friday, January 9th 2009, 7:08
related countries: Spain Spain
related places: Madrid

Leonidas Vargas, a once powerful Colombian drug trafficker, is shot dead in his hospital bed in the Spanish capital Madrid.
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US cartoon provokes Colombia ire

Thursday, January 8th 2009, 11:57
related countries: United States United States

Colombian coffee growers plan to sue a US cartoonist for a cartoon they say links their main advertising figure with violence.
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City reborn

Sunday, January 4th 2009, 16:38
related places: Medellin

Colombia's Medellin cashes in on its drug baron past
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Farc 'will release six hostages'

Sunday, December 21st 2008, 22:38

Colombian leftist rebels say they will release six hostages being held in jungle camps in the next few days.
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Colombia war data 'unbelievable'

Saturday, December 13th 2008, 20:26

Colombian government figures on guerrillas killed, captured or surrendered are vastly exaggerated, a rights group says.
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New French life for Colombia rebel

Wednesday, December 10th 2008, 11:07
related countries: France France

A deserter from Colombia's rebel Farc group arrives in France with former hostage Ingrid Betancourt to begin a new life.
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Betancourt makes Colombia return

Sunday, November 30th 2008, 2:30

Ingrid Betancourt, who was held hostage by Farc rebels in Colombia for six years, makes a surprise visit to the country.
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Marches urge Farc hostage release

Saturday, November 29th 2008, 0:07

Thousands of people march in Colombia and other countries demanding freedom for hostages held by Colombia's Farc rebels.
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Colombia volcano claims 10 lives

Sunday, November 23rd 2008, 4:38

At least 10 people have died after a volcano erupted in a remote region of southern Colombia, the government confirms.
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