NY law enforcers: Colombian terrorists to blame for 2008 kidnapping of US citizenSeptember 30th, 2009 12 charged in NY with Colombia terrorism linkNEW YORK — Authorities in New York say 12 members of a Colombian organization are charged with conspiring to aid a foreign terrorist group and taking a U.S. citizen hostage.
Suspected Colombian cocaine trafficker extradited from the Dominican Republic to USSeptember 30th, 2009 DomRep extradites Colombian cocaine suspect to USSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — A Dominican official says an alleged Colombian cocaine trafficker arrested in the Dominican Republic has been extradited to the United States. The official says Luis Alberto Santacruz Echeverri, known by the nickname "Lucho," was extradited Monday to New York to face drug trafficking charges.
12 with alleged ties to Colombian guerrilla group face terrorism, kidnapping charges in NYSeptember 30th, 2009 12 charged in NY with Colombia terror linkNEW YORK — A dozen members of a Colombian organization have been charged with conspiring to aid a foreign terrorist group and taking a U.S. citizen hostage last year in Panama, authorities announced Monday.
Colombia extradites captured rebel, 9 others to USSeptember 19th, 2009 BOGOTA - Colombia has extradited a captured leftist guerrilla, the ex-girlfriend of a jailer of high-value captives rescued last year, and nine other suspects to the US. Nancy Conde Rubio, alias Doris Adriana, who is accused of serving as logistics coordinator for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, was the girlfriend of Gerardo Antonio Aguilar, one of the jailers of three kidnapped US military contractors freed in a dramatic operation on July 2, 2008.
Colombia Attorney General: Retired army general detained in probe of 2001 massacreSeptember 10th, 2009 Retired gen. detained in Colombia massacre probeBOGOTA — Authorities say they have detained a retired army general as part of an investigation into the 2001 massacre of at least 26 people in southwestern Colombia.
Colombia grabs rebel suspected of killing US contractor, kidnapping his companionsAugust 22nd, 2009 Colombia nabs guerrilla tied to American's killingBOGOTA — Colombian police have captured a guerrilla suspected of killing a U.S. military contractor and a Colombian soldier after their surveillance plane crashed in the jungle in 2003, authorities said Saturday.
US dismantling Ecuador base for move to ColombiaJuly 17th, 2009 QUITO/BOGOTA - The US military has begun to dismantle its anti-drug-and-terrorism operations and its base in Manta, Ecuador, as its aircraft flew their last missions on Friday, the US embassy said. The equipment and planes appear headed to Colombia, which is negotiating with the US to take them in after Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa refused to extend the contract that ends in September.
Colombia extradites to US rebel jailer of 3 Americans, BetancourtJuly 16th, 2009 FARC jailer in Colombia extradited to USBOGOTA — Colombian authorities extradited to the United States on Thursday a rebel "jailer" captured in last year's storybook rescue of three U.S. military contractors and ex-presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt.
Colombia expels former Kosovo premier and guerrilla leader on Interpol warrantMay 8th, 2009 Colombia expels Kosovo liberation leaderBOGOTA — Colombia's DAS domestic security agency says it has expelled former Kosovo prime minister Agim Ceku based on an Interpol warrant for alleged war crimes. An agency official tells The Associated Press the warrant was issued by Serbia, from which Kosovo gained independence after an armed rebellion.
Colombia nabs FARC's urban wing leaderMay 3rd, 2009 BOGOTA - A Colombian leftist guerrilla leader, suspected to be the head of the group's urban networks, has been arrested from the southwestern city of Cali, the police have said. Dorbey Collazos Gonzalez, best known as Sergio, was arrested Friday from a residential area in the city, the National Police News Agency (ANNP) said, adding that the rebel was preparing 'terrorist acts'.
Colombian woman accused of supporting rebels arraigned on terrorism chargesApril 28th, 2009 Colombian woman arraigned on terror chargesWASHINGTON — A woman extradited from Colombia was arraigned Monday on terrorism charges for allegedly supporting leftist rebels in her native country. Luz Mery Gutierrez Vergara, 32, pleaded not guilty to providing support to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
Lion used for debt recovery seized in ColombiaMarch 15th, 2009 BOGOTA - A lion used by an ex-militia chief to threaten people for the recovery of old debts was seized from a cattle farm in northwestern Colombia, EFE reported. The local residents claim that the big cat was used by Mario Jimenez's men to threaten people to pay up their old debts.
FARC leader is ill but not dying: ColombiaFebruary 22nd, 2009 BOGOTA - Colombia has dismissed the report that the country's rebel guerrilla group chief is dying of serious illness in southern forests, EFE reported Saturday. US newspaper El Nuevo Herald reported Friday that Jorge Briceno Suarez, the military head of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), is waiting his death in a clandestine camp in the Colombian jungles due to lack of treatment for chronic diabetes.
300 hostages killed by FARC, says former guerrillaJanuary 27th, 2009 BOGOTA - A former guerrilla of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has revealed that at least 300 kidnapped people were killed by the group in the jungles of Colombia. The former rebel gave the information to a local radio programme 'The Voices of the Kidnapping', which works for the liberation of hostages in Colombia.
FARC rebels kill four people in southern ColombiaJanuary 13th, 2009 BOGOTA - Four people were killed and 11 others injured by Colombian rebels in southern Narino Province, EFE reported Tuesday. An official said the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country's largest leftist guerrilla group, attacked two villages, killing four people including children at around 12.30 p.m.
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