Colombian police have arrested four men allegedly involved in the kidnapping of Liverpool star, Luis Diaz’s father. Luis Manuel Diaz was freed on last Thursday after 12 days in captivity, having been taken by armed members of the left-wing guerrilla group Ejercito de Liberation Nacional (ELN) on October 28. …
Read More »Father of Liverpool star Luis Diaz to be released by Colombian rebel group after he was kidnapped
The father of Liverpool football star, Luis Diaz will be freed ‘as soon as possible’, according to a representative of the rebel group that kidnapped him in Colombia. Luis Manuel Diaz and his wife Cilenis Marulanda were kidnapped by armed men on motorbikes in the town of Barrancas in …
Read More »Four children who miraculously survived 40 days lost in Colombian jungle following plane crash are released from hospital after making a ‘total recovery’
The four children who miraculously survived 40 days lost in a Colombian jungle, have been released from the hospital. Manuel Ranoque, 32, father of thd two youngest kids, said that they have been placed into the custody of a government institution that cares for vulnerable children, teenagers, and …
Read More »Colombian Children Rescued From Jungle Are Said to Be in Good Health
Four Colombian children who survived in the Colombian jungle for 40 days after their plane crashed were eager to play and asked for books to read, officials said on Saturday, one day after the group was rescued. The siblings, aged 1 to 13, were recuperating at a military hospital in …
Read More »Four children missing in Colombian jungle after they survived plane crash that killed their mother are found alive after 40 days (Photos)
Four children who were missing in a Colombian jungle after they survived a plane crash have all been found alive, according to the country’s president. President Gustavo Petro announced that the four siblings who disappeared after a plane they were on went down in the Amazon rainforest had survived …
Read More »4 Missing Children Found Alive After 40 Days in Colombian Jungle
After 40 days in the Colombian rainforest, all four children who had been missing since the plane they were traveling in crashed on May 1 have been found alive, according to Colombia’s president. “They achieved an example of total survival that will go down in history,” President Gustavo Petro said …
Read More »Colombian police seize weapons in ‘important blow’ to armed group
Arsenal of weapons, including M60 machine gun and grenades, belonged to FARC rebel dissidents, Colombian police say. Colombia’s national police force has said it confiscated an arsenal of weapons, including grenades and a machine gun, belonging to dissidents from the now-disbanded Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel group. Though …
Read More »Colombian footballer exposes his pen*s during match in an attempt to distract opposition from scoring a free-kick (photo)
A Colombian top-division footballer stunned fans during a league match by pulling out his penis in an attempt to distract an opponent before a dangerous free-kick. During the weekend game, Independiente Santa Fe defender, Geisson Perea exposed his penis while standing in the wall as a player from Jaguares de Cordoba lined up a free …
Read More »Gustavo Petro wins Colombian presidential race
The former guerrilla won by a slim margin with over 50% of the votes, against 77-year-old entrepreneur Rodolfo Hernandez. In this historic win, his running mate Francia Marquez will now become the first Afro-Colombian to hold executive powers. During his victory speech on Sunday night, Petro said he is open …
Read More »FARC dissident leader killed in Colombian army operation: Duque
One of Colombia’s most wanted criminals, Leider Johany Noscue was killed in Cauca province, President Ivan Duque says. A leader of a criminal group made up of Colombian rebel dissidents has been killed in a military operation in the country’s southwest, President Ivan Duque said. Leider Johany Noscue, a dissident …
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