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Colombian Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos announced this Wednesday that the bombings against FARC guerrilla military chief Jorge Briceño (alias “Mono Jojoy”) will be intensified, as reprisal for the attack using explosives that killed two people last Tuesday in Bogota.
The Colombian police uncovered an alliance between drug traffickers from former Norte del Valle cartel and FARC guerrillas to export cocaine from Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru in exchange for weapons, and seized seven people from that network.
The Colombian leftist rebel group, FARC, said it is willing to hand over six hostages but it will only do so in the presence of an international representative.
Fernando Araujo, a former Colombian foreign minister and former hostage of the FARC who fled captivity just two years ago, revealed in an interview published today that he aspires to be a presidential candidate for the Conservative Party in the forthcoming elections.
Former French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt said Monday in Rome that the first project of her foundation will prevent the FARC guerrillas from trying to recruit young Colombians.
Bogota, 11 Nov (EFE).- Ingrid Betancourt, former hostage of FARC's guerrillas, invited Latin American Presidents today to join the protest that will take place this November 28th to demand the freedom of all kidnapped people in Colombia.
