Colombian Inmates Stage Beauty Pageant
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With a flowing cotton dress, a yellow sunflower pinned in her hair and newly dyed red locks to match her bright lipstick, the beauty pageant contestant representing Cell Block 7 was dressed to kill. But that was a year ago, prosecutors say, when Luisa Mateus and another woman allegedly walked into a Bogota cafe and gunned down two men in a contract hit.
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From the barrage of camera flashes on the red carpet of a Hollywood awards show to the four walls of a jail cell -- what a difference a day makes when you're Paris Hilton.
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Colombian police arrested a suspected top Guatemalan drug trafficker who had fled a Mexican prison by bribing guards while he awaited extradition to the United States, authorities said on Thursday.
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Three suspected members of the Irish Republican Army ( news - web sites ) sentenced to 17-year prison terms for training Colombian rebels may have fled the country, prosecutor Luis Camilo Osorio said.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombian President Alvaro   Uribe's U.S.-backed plan to disband right-wing militias has   been hit by charges he is too easy on paramilitaries and that   drug smugglers are posing as fighters to win short jail terms.
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Colombia took steps to free jailed rebel fighters on Friday, hoping to persuade guerrilla commanders to hand over hostages they have held for years, including a French-Colombian politician and three Americans.
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TWO of Colombiaâs most powerful drug barons watched impotently from their prison cells yesterday as the state seized their fortune, estimated at more than Â£120 million.
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On a red-carpeted catwalk, an international line of elegantly dressed beauty contestants - all doing time for drug running - strutted into the night before an audience of Peruvian dignitaries.
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MEDELLIN, Colombia (Ticker) - Police have detained four suspects following the armed robbery attempt that has left former Once Caldas coach Luis Fernando Montoya in a serious condition.
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From the camera flashes on the red carpet of a Hollywood awards show to the walls of a jail cell -- what a difference a day makes when you're Paris Hilton.
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Two jail inmates used photos of bikini-clad women to hide holes they used to escape and left behind a thank-you note, signed with a smiley face, for a guard they claimed helped them, officials said Monday.
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Hundreds of thousands of Colombians took to the streets across the country and overseas on Monday in a huge protest against FARC guerrillas and their kidnapping of hostages held for years in hidden jungle camps.
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This year, the beauty contest that people love to hate is adding elements of reality TV.
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A female leader of Colombia's Farc rebel group is sentenced to more than 16 years in jail in the US for drug trafficking.
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Hundreds of thousands of people marched through Colombia's major cities Thursday and drivers honked horns in unison in a mass protest to demand the immediate liberation of the country's kidnap victims.
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In his odyssey to seek freedom for Colombia's most famous hostage, Juan Carlos Lecompte has traveled to the mosquito-infested Amazon, met with dangerous criminals at a Bogota prison and shared the anguish of thousands Colombians whose loved ones have been kidnapped by rebels.
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MEDELLIN, Colombia, Dec. 19 -- Some came to the Palace of Justice on Tuesday with huge color photographs of their loved ones strapped around their necks. Others wore T-shirts that read "Justice" and "Truth." Maria Eugenia Cobaleda, whose two older brothers were kidnapped in 1998 and never seen...