Colombia paid to abduct top rebel
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Colombia admits paying bounty hunters to capture a rebel Farc leader on Venezuela's territory.
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Colombian police captured a regional rebel commander suspected of involvement in deadly attacks on government troops and a mass kidnapping in which one hostage died, authorities said Monday.
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A Colombian court approved the extradition to the United States of one of the South American nation's most notorious paramilitary leaders on drug smuggling charges.
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Colombian rebels will hand over three hostages to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, including an aide to former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and the woman's young son, according to a statement released Tuesday.
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Colombian police arrested the top leaders of a paramilitary group on Wednesday for violating the terms of a peace accord that has led to the demobilization of 30,000 right-wing fighters.
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BOGOTA, Colombia, Sept. 10 -- A reputed cocaine kingpin who is on the FBI's Most Wanted list was captured Monday in an army operation that government officials hailed as a major blow against drug trafficking in this Andean country.
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- One of Colombia's most-wanted drug lords has been found slain, Venezuela's top counter-drug official said Friday.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - In a video released by their   rebel captors, Colombian lawmakers held hostage for more than   four years pleaded with President Alvaro Uribe to negotiate   with leftist guerrillas to secure their release.
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Soldiers swarmed onto a farm Monday and captured one of the world's most wanted drug traffickers hiding in bushes in his underwear. Colombian officials called it their biggest drug war victory since the 1993 slaying of Medellin cartel leader Pablo Escobar.
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Colombia agrees to a new Venezuelan mission to secure the release of two hostages held by Farc rebels.
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Colombian rebel group Farc is to free at least three hostages to Venezuelan head Hugo Chavez, reports say.
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By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, Colombia  - A Colombian court approved theextradition to the United States of one of the South Americannation's most notorious paramilitary leaders on drug smugglingcharges.
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Colombia's government offered to extradite a jailed paramilitary chief to the United States on Friday after kicking him out of a peace accord for organizing drug trafficking from his prison cell.
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A Colombian rebel leader was convicted on Monday for conspiring to take hostages in connection with the kidnapping of three American contractors in 2003.
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The Justice Department is offering leniency for a Colombian rebel leader if guerrillas release three Americans from a jungle prison camp unharmed.
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NEW YORK -- A wealthy international arms dealer from Syria who once "considered himself untouchable" sought to supply millions of dollars in weapons to Colombian rebels to attack American forces there, US officials said yesterday.
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has offered to release 50 insurgents accused of minor crimes in exchange for an equal number of hostages in rebel hands, including three Americans, his spokesman said Wednesday.