Tag: Pablo Catatumbo

• Thursday, April 16th 2015 - 08:43 UTC

  Santos orders resumption of bombing raids after FARC attack kills 10 soldiers

  

  Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos has ordered the resumption of bombing raids against FARC rebels after an attack he blamed on the group killed 10 soldiers, a move that will intensify combat after efforts to cool tensions.

• Saturday, April 11th 2015 - 13:12 UTC

  Colombia's FARC reject submission to judicial processes as “common criminals”

  

  Colombia's FARC rebels cannot be submitted to the same judicial processes as “common criminals” under a possible peace deal, the Marxist group said on Friday. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) made the comments after President Juan Manuel Santos said in an interview that the biggest hurdle to signing peace would be getting the group to agree to face justice after 50 years of war.