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- Colombia sends 14 suspects to U.S.
BOGOTA, Colombia, May 14 (UPI) -- Colombia, in an unprecedented move, sent 14 jailed paramilitary leaders to the United States Tuesday to face drug-trafficking charges. The suspects were taken from three high-security prisons in Colombia under guard by
- Panama to deploy special force on Colombian border
PANAMA CITY, May 16 (Reuters) - Panama will create an armed border protection force to combat the flow of cocaine and weapons and to catch leftist guerrillas along its jungle border with Colombia, the government said on Friday. Panama is a major transit
- Bogota extradites 14 militia bosses to US
BOGOTA: Colombia yesterday extradited 14 of its nationals, including 13 paramilitary leaders, to the United States to face drug trafficking charges, Justice Minister Carlos Holguin announced.News reports said the men were taken at dawn to Catam
- Colombian paramilitaries to be tried by US for terror and drugs
This combination picture shows 11 images of Colombian former paramilitary commanders as they arrive at Opa-Locka airport in Miami on Tuesday. Colombia extradited 14 top former paramilitary bosses, including Don Berna, to face US justice in the toughest
- Interpol puts heat on Chavez
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez yesterday said he was reviewing ties with Colombia after an Interpol report authenticated rebel computer documents that Bogota says prove the leftist leader has supported guerrillas. The international police agency
- The US Dilemma Over Chavez
Laptop computers packed with evidence allegedly tying Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez to Colombia's Marxist FARC rebels pose an acute dilemma for the Bush Administration: The fact that the FARC is listed by Washington as a terrorist
- Chavez linked to Colombian guerillas
'Clown show' ? President Chavez rails against the Interpol findings, alleging a conspiracy between the US and Bogota. Photo: AFP Rory Carroll in Caracas THE President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, is facing serious allegations over his country's links to
- Interpol: Chavez Has Arms Buildup
(CARACAS, Venezuela) - The United States and Colombia have long been wary of Venezuela's peacetime military buildup, suspecting the weapons could end up in the hands of drug-trafficking Colombian rebels. Now they have documented reasons for their worries
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Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part by funds from the drug trade. Although the violence is deadly and large swaths of the countryside are under guerrilla influence, the movement lacks the military strength or popular support necessary to overthrow the government. An anti-insurgent army of paramilitaries has grown to be several thousand strong in recent years, challenging the insurgents for control of territory and illicit industries such as the drug trade and the government's ability to exert its dominion over rural areas. While Bogota continues to try to negotiate a settlement, neighboring countries worry about the violence spilling over their borders.
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AP - A Venezuelan opposition leader is demanding that President Hugo Chavez explain accusations of close ties between his government and Colombian rebels.
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