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| Sep.25 |
Police try to crack Farc laptops |
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| 2001 |
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| Jan.30 |
Hijacker overpowered |
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| 2011 |
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| Oct.18 |
Beauty queen denies drug charges. Argentina
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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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Cocaine found on U.S.-bound Navy ship
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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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| Jan.3 |
Top Colombia rebel leader seized. Ecuador
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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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| 2010 |
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| Nov.2 |
Police raid drug assets office
| 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%
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| May.22 |
Bomb 'targets Colombia ex-leader'
Argentina: Officials in Argentina say they have found explosives at a theatre, where former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was due to make a speech
| 2003 |
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| Sep.28 |
Explosion kills 10
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| Aug.24 |
Bomb kills at least six on riverboat
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| Feb.7 |
Club blast kills 33| 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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Blasts kill 17 as Uribe takes office| Several explosions rocked downtown Bogota just before Uribe was walking up the Congress building's steps for inauguration | |
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Soccer player kicks owl, could face jail |
| 2010 |
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US court indicts Dutch Farc rebel. USA
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| Oct.11 |
Elite Colombian soldiers guilty
| 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 |
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| Apr.10 |
FARC commander sought |
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| Dec.31 |
Nine bodies found in Envigado luxury house
Police in Colombia have found the bodies of nine people inside a luxury house in the city of Envigado, on the outskirts of Medellin
| 2010 |
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| 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
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| Jun.15 |
34 killed in massacre Leftist rebels are suspected. The dead were all working on a farm harvesting raw material for cocaine
| 2003 |
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Rebels kill 13 in election-day
| 2001 |
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| Apr.16 |
30 killed by paramilitaries |
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| 2012 |
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| May.30 |
French reporter freed in Colombia
Romeo Langlois, abducted a month ago by left-wing Farc rebels in Colombia, was handed over to a group of international mediators in the jung...
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| Apr.28 |
Journalist missing in Farc raid
A French journalist is missing after Farc rebels killed four soldiers trying to destroy cocaine laboratories
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| 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 ...
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| Feb.26 |
Colombia rebels in hostage pledge
| 2011 |
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| Dec.28 |
FARC to release six hostages
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| Feb.16 |
FARC releases 2 more longtime prisoners
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| Feb.11 |
Farc rebels release more captives
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| Jan.26 |
FARC ready to release 5 hostages
| 2010 |
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| Jul.9 |
Betancourt seeks kidnap damages |
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| Jun.16 |
Informants share reward for tip-off |
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| Jun.13 |
Two police officers held by FARC rescued |
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| 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
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| 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 |
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| Feb.6 |
Rebels killed lawmakers in cold blood A Colombian ex-hostage, released by FARC after nearly 7 years in captivity, said the rebels who held him killed the others in cold blood
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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
| 2008 |
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| Jul.7 |
Ex-jungle captive: 'We fought each other'
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| Jul.3 |
Betancourt reunited with family
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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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Rebels reject French aid to hostage
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Chavez: Little chance to free Betancourt. Venezuela
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FARC admit 'hostage boy' not held
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| Dec.31 |
New delay for hostages
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| Dec.5 |
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 |
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 |
President vows to free Betancourt
| 2006 |
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| Apr.27 |
Ex-President's sister slain
| 2003 |
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| Dec.22 |
Hostages freed at last
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| 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 |
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| Nov.11 |
Bishop Jimenez kidnapped
| 2001 |
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| Apr.16 |
Rebels kidnap oil workers |
| 2000 |
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| Dec.23 |
Hostage release by rebels |
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| 2012 |
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| Apr.19 |
Colombia prostitute tells of cash row
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| Apr.16 |
Colombia scandal 'embarrasses' US
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| Apr.13 |
US Secret Service agents recalled
Map of Cartagena Colombia Several Secret Service agents providing security for President Barack Obama in Colombia have been recalled, following allegations of misconduct