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Colombian Army Kills 7 FARC Rebels
May 6, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Army troops killed seven FARC guerrillas and captured an eighth in fighting in southwestern Colombia over the weekend, a high-level military commander said. The dead guerrillas belonged to the 29th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, Southwestern Joint Command chief Gen. Leonardo Barrero Gordillo told Efe. continue reading »
Colombia Investigates Alleged Massacre of 7 Indians
May 5, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian authorities are continuing an investigation to verify an alleged massacre in the northwestern town of Taraza, in which five children and two adults are said to have died, all members of an indigenous community. continue reading »
Police Nab FARC Rebel Linked to Uribe Inauguration Attack in Colombia
March 23, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian police captured a purported high-ranking member of the FARC leftist guerrilla group's Eastern Bloc who is suspected of participating in a deadly 2002 mortar attack during former President Alvaro Uribe's first inauguration. continue reading »
Colombian Army Seizes 4 Tons of Cocaine at FARC Drug Lab
March 17, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Army troops destroyed "the largest drug storage center" operated by the FARC guerrilla group in southwestern Colombia and seized four tons of cocaine bound for Central America and the United States, special counternarcotics brigade commander Col. Jorge Mora told Efe. continue reading »
Colombian Army Investigates Car Bombs that Killed 2, Wounded 2
February 7, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombia's army said two car bombs - not one, as was initially reported - were used in attacks in the conflict-ridden province of Cauca that left two dead and two others wounded. continue reading »
FARC Says Willing to Free 3 Colombian Security Force Members
February 3, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombia's FARC guerrilla group said Saturday they are willing to free two police captured on Jan. 25 and a soldier grabbed this week in the Andean nation's southwest. continue reading »
FARC Release 3 Kidnapped Engineers in Colombia
February 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombia's FARC rebels have freed the three petroleum engineers they had kidnapped in the country's southwest, a police spokesman told Efe Thursday. continue reading »
Spanish University Brings Sustainable Energy to Colombian Town
January 20, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Northwestern Spain's University of Santiago de Compostela is leading a project to create "sustainable energy communities" in Colombia, providing free electricity to residents of La Primavera, a town in the so-called "FARC zone," officials said. continue reading »
Latin America News: Colombian Military Kills 13 Guerrillas
January 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least 13 guerrillas were killed during an operation by Colombian security forces against the FARC rebels in Chigorodo, a town in the northwestern province of Antioquia. continue reading »
Court Bans Film in Colombia After Testimony of Former Hostage
December 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A politician and attorney who spent six years as a hostage of FARC guerrillas has convinced a court to prohibit the marketing in Colombia of "Operacion E" (Operation E), a film inspired by the story of a peasant who cared for a son she bore in captivity. continue reading »
Is the Colombian Peace Period Over Already?
December 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A group of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, rebels attacked the police station of a poor northwestern Colombian town, an assault that comes less than a month after the guerrilla group's leadership declared a unilateral two-month truce. continue reading »
First Round of Peace Talks Between Colombia and Rebels End
November 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The first round of talks here between the Colombian government and leftist FARC rebels has ended with progress on mechanisms for incorporating civil society into the process, which is aimed at bringing an end to a decades-long armed conflict. continue reading »
Colombia Must Finish Peace Talks with FARC Before Extending to Other Guerrilla Group
November 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos told Efe that for now his country's No. 2 guerrilla group, the ELN, will not be joining the peace process Bogota has opened with the larger FARC. continue reading »
Kidnapped Colombian Escapes Captors and Walks to Safety with Bullet in His Head
November 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A man who was kidnapped almost three months go in northern Colombia survived after being shot in the head while escaping from his captors, and managed to reach safety after walking for four days, authorities said. continue reading »
Colombian Oil Output Up 10,000 Barrels Per Day From Last Year
November 8, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Average oil output in Colombia climbed to 960,953 barrels per day in October, up 0.9 percent from the same month of 2011, the Mines and Energy Ministry said. continue reading »
Colombian Soliders Killed in FARC Minefield Near Ecuador Border
November 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Two Colombian soldiers died and another four were wounded after setting foot in a minefield installed by FARC guerrillas operating in the southwestern province of Nariño bordering on Ecuador, army officials said Saturday. continue reading »
Norway Confirms Peace Talks Between Colombia and FARC WIll Begin Oct. 17
October 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Peace talks between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, guerrilla group will officially begin on Oct. 17 in Oslo, a spokeswoman for the Norwegian foreign ministry said Thursday. continue reading »
Peace Talks Between Colombia and FARC to Begin October 15
October 3, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Representatives of Colombia's FARC rebel group said that peace talks with the Andean nation's government will begin Oct. 15, a week later than originally announced. continue reading »
Colombian Agents Confiscate Over 12 Tons of Cocaine, Marijuana in Anti-drug Campaign
September 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Drug enforcement agents seized more than 12 tons of cocaine and marijuana in Colombia during a three-day multi-faceted operation in several regions, officials said Sunday. continue reading »
Ceasefire Will Not Hinder Peace Talks, Says Colombian Rebels
September 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A spokesman for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, guerrilla group told a Bogota daily that upcoming peace talks with the government will not break down if its request for an immediate truce is not granted. continue reading »
