AP: Ex-Colombian Rebels Seen As Farmers
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Rebels and paramilitary fighters who have laid down their arms in Colombia could soon be slaughtering hogs and cultivating blueberries if a proposal by members of Congress succeeds.
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By Jason Webb BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia may recover itslong-lost status as a significant gold producer thanks toimproved security and a rebound in prices, which have allowed aCanadian company to reopen a mine troubled by rebels.
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Suspected left-wing rebels in Colombia kill 17 peasants at a New Year's Eve party, police say.
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BOGOTA, Colombia -- An investigation by the Colombian Defense Ministry has found that drug traffickers and rebels from the country's largest guerrilla group infiltrated the U.S.-backed military here, paying high-ranking officers for classified information to help elude capture and continue smuggl...
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BOGOTA, Colombia -- Col. HernÃÂ¡n MejÃÂ­a was among Colombia's most decorated officers, a young, strapping warrior with five medals for valor on his chest and a reputation for being a relentless adversary of the Marxist guerrillas who operated in the dusty hamlets of northeast Colombia.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - The most important commanderof Colombia's largest rebel army ever captured was handed toU.S. authorities at a Bogota airport to be extradited to theUnited States Friday to face cocaine smuggling and kidnappingcharges.
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Recruiters working for U.S. contractors are hiring former Colombian soldiers - and even luring some active-duty ones - for security jobs in Iraq, says a former army officer who met with the recruiters.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Three Irish fugitives  convicted of teaching leftist Colombian guerrillas how to make  bombs have escaped the Andean country and are at large outside  its borders, Colombia's attorney general said late on Thursday.
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By Monica Garcia BOGOTA, Colombia  - Three Irish fugitivesconvicted of teaching leftist Colombian guerrillas how to makebombs have escaped the Andean country and are at large outsideits borders, Colombia's attorney general said late on Thursday.
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CARACAS -- A top Colombian rebel captured last month was apparently abducted from Venezuela, possibly by Colombian security officials in a serious violation of Venezuelan sovereignty, Venezuelan Interior Minister Jesse Chacon said yesterday. Through his statement, Venezuela's government appeared to be moving toward asserting that Rodrigo Granda, the foreign relations chief of Colombia's FARC rebel group, was kidnapped in the ...
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SANTA BARBARA, Venezuela -- A whodunit involving two undercover Colombian soldiers whose bodies were found here in western Venezuela has heightened tensions between the neighboring countries and lifted the lid on the dirty little secrets of their border relations.
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BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombiaâs main rebel group on Monday criticized a government proposal to swap jailed guerrillas for kidnapped politicians, soldiers and three American contractors, saying any deal should allow its freed comrades to return to the
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Three Irish fugitivesconvicted of teaching leftist Colombian guerrillas how to makebombs have escaped the Andean country and are at large outsideits borders, Colombia's attorney general said late on Thursday.
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By Pascal Fletcher CARACAS, Venezuela  - A mystery over whether acaptured top Colombian Marxist rebel was arrested in Colombiaor kidnapped from neighboring Venezuela is turning into apolitical hot potato for leftist Venezuelan President HugoChavez.
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Seven Venezuelans, including six soldiers, were killed near the border with Colombia, and Venezuelan authorities suspect that Colombian rebels could be behind the shootings, an official said late Saturday.
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Thousands of Colombia's indigenous Indians call on rebels and paramilitaries to respect their lands.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Left-wing rebels killed at  least 17 peasants in northeast Colombia on New Year's Eve in  reprisal for cooperating with far-right paramilitaries, police  and local authorities said Saturday.