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| Jul.14 |
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Colombia coca cultivation rises by 50% says UN The United Nations says there was a 50% increase last year in the area of land being used to cultivate coca leaf in Colombia
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| Jun.23 |
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Colombia conflict: Seized Dutch journalists still held 
Two Dutch journalists seized in Colombia last weekend by ELN rebels have not been released yet,
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| May.15 |
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Colombia seizes record cocaine haul in Turbo Police in Colombia say they have seized their largest ever domestic haul of illegal drugs - nearly eight tonnes of cocaine
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| Dec.12 |
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Farc rebels 'abortions nurse' arrested in Spain. Madrid
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| Nov.30 |
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Colombian rebels free captured general| Colombia's largest rebel group has freed Gen. Ruben Alzate and two others whose capture led President Juan Manuel Santos to break off peace talks | |
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| Nov.29 |
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Colombia rebels say they'll free general on Sunday
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| Nov.18 |
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Colombian rebel leaders confirm capture of top general That country's largest guerrilla group Tuesday confirmed capturing Gen. Rubén Darío Alzate
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| Nov.16 |
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Colombia suspends Farc peace talks over kidnapping
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| Nov.9 |
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Indigenous court convicts Farc guerrillas
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| Aug.27 |
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Colombia frees Escobar hit man who killed hundreds
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| Sep.15 |
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6 die in stampede from Bogota bar raided by police |
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| Sep.11 |
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Woman arrested with 'cocaine bump' |
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| Dec.31 |
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Nine bodies found in Envigado luxury house |
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| Sep.18 |
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Top Colombian drug baron captured Map of San Cristobal Venezuela Venezuela: Daniel Barrera, known as 'Crazy Barrera', was captured across the border from Colombia with the help of Venezuelan, British and US agencies
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| May.30 |
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French reporter freed in Colombia |
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| May.22 |
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Bomb 'targets Colombia ex-leader' |
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| Apr.28 |
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Journalist missing in Farc raid |
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| Apr.19 |
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Colombia prostitute tells of cash row |
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| Apr.16 |
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Colombia scandal 'embarrasses' US |
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| Apr.13 |
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US Secret Service agents recalled Several Secret Service agents providing security for President Barack Obama in Colombia have been recalled, following allegations of miscond...
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| Apr.2 |
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Colombia Farc hostages released 
Colombia's leftist Farc rebels have released their last 10 police and military hostages. They were collected from the jungle by a Brazilian ...
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| Feb.26 |
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Colombia rebels in hostage pledge |
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| Dec.28 |
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FARC to release six hostages |
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| Mar.1 |
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Colombia drug war efforts praised |
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| Feb.16 |
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FARC releases 2 more longtime prisoners |
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| Aug.24 |
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3 teens on Facebook hit list killed Map of Puerto Asis Putumayo Colombia Three teens who were on a 69-name hit list posted on Facebook have been killed in the past 10 days in a southwestern Colombian town
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| May.26 |
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Ex-model arrested on drug charges Map of Buenos Aires Argentina Argentina: Angela Sanclemente, 30, a former Colombian model wanted on drug trafficking charges, was captured in Argentina
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| Mar.30 |
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Farc rebels release soldier Pablo Moncayo A Colombian soldier held hostage in the jungle by left-wing rebels for 12 years has been freed
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| Mar.28 |
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FARC rebels release Colombian soldier Colombia's main leftist rebel group has freed Josue Daniel Calvo, 22, it kidnapped just under a year ago
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| Dec.22 |
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Kidnapped governor found dead Map of Caqueta Colombia| Luis Francisco Cuellar had been seized from his house in the Caqueta provincial capital, Florencia, by suspected leftist rebels | |
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| Aug.1 |
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Judge jails 15 soldiers A judge has sentenced 15 soldiers to up to 30 years in prison for killing civilians in 2006 and presenting them as rebels
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| Feb.6 |
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Rebels killed lawmakers in cold blood
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| Feb.1 |
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FARC rebels release 4 hostages A Colombian soldier and 4 police officers were released from captivity by leftist guerrillas, completing the first stage of a release of hostages
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| Nov.13 |
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3 million bilked in pyramid schemes Millions of Colombians deposited their life savings after being promised short-term returns of as much as 150%
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| Jul.7 |
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Ex-jungle captive: 'We fought each other'
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| Jul.3 |
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Betancourt reunited with family
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| Jul.2 |
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Betancourt rescued from FARC In a secret operation the Colombian military infiltrated rebel group and deceived its members into giving up 15 hostages
| Along with French-Colombian politician, 3 American contractors and 11 other hostages who were Colombian police were rescued. Appearing healthy after being held for 6 years in the jungle, Betancourt walked down from a military jet in Bogota and hugged her mother and husband
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| Apr.8 |
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Rebels reject French aid to hostage
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| Mar.25 |
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Chavez: Little chance to free Betancourt. Venezuela
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| Jan.4 |
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FARC admit 'hostage boy' not held
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| Dec.31 |
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New delay for hostages
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| Dec.5 |
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Sarkozy urges Betancourt release Paris: French President has made a direct appeal to Colombian rebels to release long-held French-Colombian hostage
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| Jul.5 |
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Colombians hold kidnap protests Hundreds of thousands have staged nationwide protests calling for an end to kidnapping and the civil conflict
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| May.18 |
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President vows to free Betancourt
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| Apr.27 |
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Ex-President's sister slain
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| Jun.15 |
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34 killed in massacre Leftist rebels are suspected. The dead were all working on a farm harvesting raw material for cocaine
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| Apr.16 |
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Cocaine found on U.S.-bound Navy ship
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| Jan.3 |
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Top Colombia rebel leader seized. Ecuador
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| Dec.22 |
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Hostages freed at last
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| Oct.25 |
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Rebels kill 13 in election-day
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| Sep.28 |
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Explosion kills 10
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| Aug.24 |
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Bomb kills at least six on riverboat
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| Feb.22 |
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FARC rebels 'hold Americans' Left-wing group has said that it is holding three US citizens who vanished when their plane crash-landed
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| Feb.7 |
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Club blast kills 33 Map of Bogota Colombia| Car bomb rocked a northern Bogota social club. A large crater was discovered in the third-floor parking lot | |
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| Nov.11 |
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Bishop Jimenez kidnapped
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| Aug.7 |
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Blasts kill 17 as Uribe takes office Map of Bogota Colombia| Several explosions rocked downtown Bogota just before Uribe was walking up the Congress building's steps for inauguration | |
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| Sep.30 |
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Murder strains peace
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| Jun.15 |
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Car bombs
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| Apr.16 |
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Rebels kidnap oil workers
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30 killed by paramilitaries
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| Apr.10 |
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FARC commander sought
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| Jan.30 |
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Hijacker overpowered
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| Dec.29 |
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Congressman assassinated |
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| Dec.23 |
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Hostage release by rebels |
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| 2001 |
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| Jan.30 |
Hijacker overpowered
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| 2015 |
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| Dec.12 |
Farc rebels 'abortions nurse' arrested in Spain. Madrid
| 2012 |
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| Sep.18 |
Top Colombian drug baron captured Map of San Cristobal Venezuela Venezuela: Daniel Barrera, known as 'Crazy Barrera', was captured across the border from Colombia with the help of Venezuelan, British and US agencies
| 2004 |
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| Jan.3 |
Top Colombia rebel leader seized. Ecuador
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| 2017 |
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| Jul.14 |
Colombia coca cultivation rises by 50% says UN The United Nations says there was a 50% increase last year in the area of land being used to cultivate coca leaf in Colombia
| 2016 |
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| May.15 |
Colombia seizes record cocaine haul in Turbo Police in Colombia say they have seized their largest ever domestic haul of illegal drugs - nearly eight tonnes of cocaine
| 2013 |
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| Sep.11 |
Woman arrested with 'cocaine bump' |
| 2011 |
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| Mar.1 |
Colombia drug war efforts praised |
| 2010 |
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| May.26 |
Ex-model arrested on drug charges Map of Buenos Aires Argentina Argentina: Angela Sanclemente, 30, a former Colombian model wanted on drug trafficking charges, was captured in Argentina
| 2004 |
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| Apr.16 |
Cocaine found on U.S.-bound Navy ship
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| 2009 |
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| Dec.22 |
Kidnapped governor found dead Map of Caqueta Colombia| Luis Francisco Cuellar had been seized from his house in the Caqueta provincial capital, Florencia, by suspected leftist rebels | |
| 2001 |
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| Sep.30 |
Murder strains peace
| 2000 |
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| Dec.29 |
Congressman assassinated |
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| 2008 |
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| Nov.13 |
3 million bilked in pyramid schemes Millions of Colombians deposited their life savings after being promised short-term returns of as much as 150%
|
|
| 2012 |
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| May.22 |
Bomb 'targets Colombia ex-leader' |
| 2003 |
|
| Sep.28 |
Explosion kills 10
|
| Aug.24 |
Bomb kills at least six on riverboat
|
| Feb.7 |
Club blast kills 33 Map of Bogota Colombia| Car bomb rocked a northern Bogota social club. A large crater was discovered in the third-floor parking lot | |
| 2001 |
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| Jun.15 |
Car bombs
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| 2002 |
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| Aug.7 |
Blasts kill 17 as Uribe takes office Map of Bogota Colombia| Several explosions rocked downtown Bogota just before Uribe was walking up the Congress building's steps for inauguration | |
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| 2014 |
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| Nov.9 |
Indigenous court convicts Farc guerrillas
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| Aug.27 |
Colombia frees Escobar hit man who killed hundreds
| 2009 |
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| Aug.1 |
Judge jails 15 soldiers A judge has sentenced 15 soldiers to up to 30 years in prison for killing civilians in 2006 and presenting them as rebels
| 2001 |
|
| Apr.10 |
FARC commander sought
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|
| 2012 |
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| Dec.31 |
Nine bodies found in Envigado luxury house |
| 2010 |
|
| Aug.24 |
3 teens on Facebook hit list killed Map of Puerto Asis Putumayo Colombia Three teens who were on a 69-name hit list posted on Facebook have been killed in the past 10 days in a southwestern Colombian town
| 2004 |
|
| Jun.15 |
34 killed in massacre Leftist rebels are suspected. The dead were all working on a farm harvesting raw material for cocaine
| 2003 |
|
| Oct.25 |
Rebels kill 13 in election-day
| 2001 |
|
| Apr.16 |
30 killed by paramilitaries
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Jun.23 |
Colombia conflict: Seized Dutch journalists still held Two Dutch journalists seized in Colombia last weekend by ELN rebels have not been released yet,
| 2014 |
|
| Nov.30 |
Colombian rebels free captured general| Colombia's largest rebel group has freed Gen. Ruben Alzate and two others whose capture led President Juan Manuel Santos to break off peace talks | |
|
| Nov.29 |
Colombia rebels say they'll free general on Sunday
|
| Nov.18 |
Colombian rebel leaders confirm capture of top general That country's largest guerrilla group Tuesday confirmed capturing Gen. Rubén Darío Alzate
|
| Nov.16 |
Colombia suspends Farc peace talks over kidnapping
| 2012 |
|
| May.30 |
French reporter freed in Colombia |
|
| Apr.28 |
Journalist missing in Farc raid |
|
| Apr.2 |
Colombia Farc hostages released Colombia's leftist Farc rebels have released their last 10 police and military hostages. They were collected from the jungle by a Brazilian ...
|
| Feb.26 |
Colombia rebels in hostage pledge |
| 2011 |
|
| Dec.28 |
FARC to release six hostages |
|
| Feb.16 |
FARC releases 2 more longtime prisoners |
| 2010 |
|
| Mar.30 |
Farc rebels release soldier Pablo Moncayo A Colombian soldier held hostage in the jungle by left-wing rebels for 12 years has been freed
|
| Mar.28 |
FARC rebels release Colombian soldier Colombia's main leftist rebel group has freed Josue Daniel Calvo, 22, it kidnapped just under a year ago
| 2009 |
|
| Feb.6 |
Rebels killed lawmakers in cold blood
|
| Feb.1 |
FARC rebels release 4 hostages A Colombian soldier and 4 police officers were released from captivity by leftist guerrillas, completing the first stage of a release of hostages
| 2008 |
|
| Jul.7 |
Ex-jungle captive: 'We fought each other'
|
| Jul.3 |
Betancourt reunited with family
|
| Jul.2 |
Betancourt rescued from FARC In a secret operation the Colombian military infiltrated rebel group and deceived its members into giving up 15 hostages
| Along with French-Colombian politician, 3 American contractors and 11 other hostages who were Colombian police were rescued. Appearing healthy after being held for 6 years in the jungle, Betancourt walked down from a military jet in Bogota and hugged her mother and husband
|
| |
|
| Apr.8 |
Rebels reject French aid to hostage
|
| Mar.25 |
Chavez: Little chance to free Betancourt. Venezuela
|
| Jan.4 |
FARC admit 'hostage boy' not held
| 2007 |
|
| Dec.31 |
New delay for hostages
|
| Dec.5 |
Sarkozy urges Betancourt release Paris: French President has made a direct appeal to Colombian rebels to release long-held French-Colombian hostage
|
| Jul.5 |
Colombians hold kidnap protests Hundreds of thousands have staged nationwide protests calling for an end to kidnapping and the civil conflict
|
| May.18 |
President vows to free Betancourt
| 2006 |
|
| Apr.27 |
Ex-President's sister slain
| 2003 |
|
| Dec.22 |
Hostages freed at last
|
| Feb.22 |
FARC rebels 'hold Americans' Left-wing group has said that it is holding three US citizens who vanished when their plane crash-landed
| 2002 |
|
| Nov.11 |
Bishop Jimenez kidnapped
| 2001 |
|
| Apr.16 |
Rebels kidnap oil workers
| 2000 |
|
| Dec.23 |
Hostage release by rebels |
|
|
| 2012 |
|
| Apr.19 |
Colombia prostitute tells of cash row |
|
| Apr.16 |
Colombia scandal 'embarrasses' US |
|
| Apr.13 |
US Secret Service agents recalled Several Secret Service agents providing security for President Barack Obama in Colombia have been recalled, following allegations of miscond...
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