Colombia Politicians with Death Squad Ties may have to Compensate Victims
Parapoliticians may have to compensate victims By Marguerite Cawley Colombia Reports | March 22, 2011 A Colombian Congressional committee on
Obama’s DoJ Says Ex-Colombian President Should not Have to Testify about (U.S.-Paid) Death Squads
" ... The families are seeking damages from Alabama-based coal company Drummond for allegedly supporting right-wing death squads. ... " By Pete Yost AP | M
Drummond Co. Paid Colombian Death Squads
Also see: "U.S. Coal Co. Linked To Colombian Union Leader Assasinations" Drummond paid Colombian paramilitaries: WikiLeaks . By Hannah Aronowitz Colombia R
Extradition Plea to Israel for Convicted Death Squad Trainer
Morning Star.co.uk | January 28, 2011 Colombia urged Tel Aviv on Thursday to extradite former Israeli army Lieutenant Colonel Yair Klein, who was convicted
Colombia to Press for Extradition of Israeli Merc & Death Squad Trainer
By Adriaan Alsema Colombia Reports | 17 December 2010 . Colombia announces it will ask Israel to extradite Yair Klein, a mercenary convicted by a Colombian
Are British Taxpayers Helping to Fund Death Squad Killings in Colombia?
By Mike Power Daily Mail | October 2010 These plaques mark the graves of anonymous victims of Colombia's civil war. Human-rights groups maintain that gove
Death Squad Leader Juan Santos Won Colombia Election with the Help of JJ Rendon – Latin America’s Karl Rove – and a Dirty Tricks Bag of Right-Wing Swift Boat Tactics
Also see: "Death Squad Leader Wins Colombian Election" " ... Honduran congressman Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo hired him after the former president — Chávez aco
Death Squad Leader Wins Colombian Election
" ... The major electronic and print media CNN, FOX News, Washington Post, the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the once liberal Financial Ti
Colombia Media Targeted by Intelligence Services
Reporters without Borders Press release 27 May 2010 Inteligente, published by Colombia's Administrative Department for National Security (DAS) Three ye
Colombia Ex-Cop Claims Uribe's Brother Led the "12 Apostles" Death Squad
By FRANK BAJAK (AP) | May 24, 2010 BOGOTA, Colombia — A retired police major said Monday that Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's younger brother commande
Chiquita Fruit Company Funds Right-Wing Death Squads … and FARC, According to Company Records
" ... The lawsuit suggests Chiquita's involvement with FARC may have been more pro-active than simply paying protection money. The suit alleges that the c
Coca-Cola's Colombian Death Squads
Skeletons in the Corporate Closet: Coke
By Justin Rohrlich | Minyanville | Apr 06, 2010
There’s almost no corner of the world in which one can’t get
Colombia Voters Elect Political Novices with Possible Links to Death Squads
" ... These lawmakers, prosecutors say, were an important component of a paramilitary movement that had two main objectives: erode support for Marxist r
US Military to Set Up in Colombia
therealnews.com Hylton: Rest of South America has reason to be alarmed by future US military presence on Colombian bases With the hemisphere fixated on t
Two School of Americas Generals Charged with Drug Trafficking in Colombia
By Sherwood Ross http://www.soaw.org/presente/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=216&Itemid=74 (Thanks to Victor Moore for the lead)Two Colombian
Colombians Say Dole Funded Death Squads
By KARINA BROWN LOS ANGELES (CN) - Dole Food Co. funded a right-wing death squad in Colombia that murdered peasants and union leaders and drove them o
Colombian Army is Accused of Killing Poor Civilians and Labeling them Insurgents
" ...human rights groups were examining a steady increase in the reports of civilian killings since 2002, when commanders intensified a counterinsurgency f
Plan Colombia Heads for Mexico
Written by Stephen Lendman 03 June 2008by Stephen LendmanIt's called "Plan Mexico," or more formally the "Merida Initiative," and here's the scheme. It'
Distorted Perceptions of Colombia’s Conflict
Source: Colombia JournalDate: 01 Jun 2008www.reliefweb.intby Garry LeechIn a civil conflict such as the one in Colombia, propaganda is an important weapon.
Colombia President’s Cousin Arrested in Death Squad Probe
AgenciesApril 23, 2008Bogota: The cousin of Columbian President Alvaro Uribe has been arrested after authorities investigated his suspected ties with outla