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Colombia: peasants detain soldiers… again
Residents of La Emboscada hamlet, Cauca, detained 36 army troops for several hours after a local resident was shot when he tried to run an army checkpoint.
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Are the FARC narco-traffickers?
Amid peace talks in Havana, Colombia's FARC issued an angry communique insisting "We are not narco-traffickers." But major coke busts supposedly linked to the guerillas continue.
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Colombia: will government answer FARC ceasefire?
With peace talks set to resume, Colombia’s FARC rebels charge that the military is continuing “offensive operations” despite a unilateral ceasefire declared by the guerillas.
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Colombia: FARC declare ceasefire —amid fighting
Fighting continued up to the minute a unilateral FARC ceasefire took effect, with Colombia's government refusing rebel demands for foreign observers to monitor the truce.
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Colombia: corrupt cops caught in crackdown
Over 50 agents of Colombia's National Police force have been arrested in an ongoing sweep of corrupt officers dubbed the "Transparency Plan."
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Colombia: peace talks resume; Uribe urges ‘rebellion’
Colombia's ex-president Alvaro Uribe called for a "rebellion" against the government of his successor Juan Manuel Santos over perceived capitulation to the FARC guerillas.
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Colombian general captured by FARC resigns
Colombian Gen. Ruben Dario Alzate resigned one day after his release by FARC guerillas who had captured the top official unarmed in rebel-controlled territory.
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Colombia: peace talks off as FARC capture general
Colombia's government suspended peace talks with the FARC after the apparent capture of an army general by the guerillas for the first time in 50 years of insurgency.
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Colombia: crime lord falls, para links revealed
The capture of "Marquitos," reigning crime lord of Colombia's La Guajira region, was followed by revelations of his deadly dealings with local paramilitaries and politicians.
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FARC fighters face indigenous justice
A Nasa indigenous court in Toribio, in Colombia's Cauca department, convicted seven FARC guerillas over the murder of two members of the local Indigenous Guard.
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FARC accepts responsibility for civilian deaths
Colombia's FARC guerillas admitted to causing harm to the population during the 50 years of their war against the state, and vowed to assume responsibility for their victims.
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Colombia: mass graves exhumed in Cauca
At least 18 bodies found in three mass graves near the pueblo of Tacueyó in Colombia’s Cauca department are believed to be victims of a guerilla massacre.