A British firm has paid nearly GBP 9 million at auction for gold formerly owned by the guerrilla group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. The unprecedented auction took place in the city of Medellin in the Colombian department of Antioquia yesterday (15 December). The auction was organised by the…
A former member of the notorious FARC guerilla army in Colombia is the latest to be assassinated in a reported vendetta against those who signed the peace treaty with the government. The 32-year-old former guerrilla member, Fredy Fajardo Avila, was reportedly killed in his house in Uribe, in the central…
One of the most wanted leaders of the Colombian guerrillas has died in a bombing orchestrated by the Colombian National Air Force and a special division of the army in a rural area in the country. The bombing reportedly took place in the town of Montecristo in the Bolivar Department…
Story By: Jonathan Macias, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News This is the former Mexican guerrilla soldier who has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for kidnapping a French-American woman and cutting off her finger for ransom. Chilean national Raul Escobar Poblete, also known as ‘Comandante Emilio’ (Commander Emilio) was sentenced by…
Story By: Angjela Trajkovska, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Video Credit: CEN/@ContrapesoC This is the moment suspected members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel instruct residents to throw out another cartel leader from their city in order to have peace. The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) threatened Juan Jose Farias Alvarez, better known as ‘El…