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2 weeks ago | 
thederrick.com | Patricia Laya |Andreína Itriago
A wave of terror attacks across Colombia is stirring fears of regression to the dark days of the 1990s, when cocaine cartels and guerrillas made the Andean nation the most violent on Earth. Kidnappings for ransom have more than doubled so far this year, killings of members of the armed forces have increased by 195%, and drug-trafficking groups once confined to remote mountains and jungles are infiltrating formerly safe areas, shaking down business owners and spreading fear.
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2 weeks ago | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Patricia Laya |Andreína Itriago
A wave of terror attacks across Colombia is stirring fears of regression to the dark days of the 1990s, when cocaine cartels and guerrillas made the Andean nation the most violent on Earth. Kidnappings for ransom have more than doubled so far this year, killings of members of the armed forces have increased by 195%, and drug-trafficking groups once confined to remote mountains and jungles are infiltrating formerly safe areas, shaking down business owners and spreading fear.
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2 weeks ago | 
bloomberglinea.com | Patricia Laya |Andreína Itriago
Bloomberg — Una ola de atentados terroristas en Colombia ha reavivado el temor a un retorno a los oscuros años 90, cuando los cárteles de la cocaína y las guerrillas convirtieron al país andino en uno de los más violentos del mundo.
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2 weeks ago | 
bloomberg.com | Patricia Laya |Andreína Itriago
A police officer stands guard at the site where a bus exploded in front of a police station in Villa Rica, Cauca department, Colombia, on June 10. (Bloomberg) -- A wave of terror attacks across Colombia is stirring fears of regression to the dark days of the 1990s, when cocaine cartels and guerrillas made the Andean nation the most violent on Earth.
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2 weeks ago | 
leadertelegram.com | Patricia Laya |Andreína Itriago
A wave of terror attacks across Colombia is stirring fears of regression to the dark days of the 1990s, when cocaine cartels and guerrillas made the Andean nation the most violent on Earth. Kidnappings for ransom have more than doubled so far this year, killings of members of the armed forces have increased by 195%, and drug-trafficking groups once confined to remote mountains and jungles are infiltrating formerly safe areas, shaking down business owners and spreading fear.
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2 weeks ago | 
gazette.com | Patricia Laya |Andreína Itriago
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2 weeks ago | 
kdhnews.com | Patricia Laya |Andreína Itriago
Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay remains in a critical condition after an assassination attempt on Saturday that recalled the political violence that roiled the nation in the 1980s and 1990s. The 39-year-old opposition senator is out of a "neurosurgical" operation and a procedure on his left thigh, but his condition remains extremely serious, according to a statement from La Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota, where he is being treated. It declined to give a prognosis.
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2 weeks ago | 
thederrick.com | Patricia Laya |Andreína Itriago
Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay remains in a critical condition after an assassination attempt on Saturday that recalled the political violence that roiled the nation in the 1980s and 1990s. The 39-year-old opposition senator is out of a “neurosurgical” operation and a procedure on his left thigh, but his condition remains extremely serious, according to a statement from La Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota, where he is being treated. It declined to give a prognosis.
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2 weeks ago | 
bloomberglinea.com.br | Patricia Laya |Andreína Itriago
Bloomberg — O candidato à presidência da Colômbia Miguel Uribe Turbay permanece em estado crítico após um atentado no sábado que lembrou a violência política que assolou o país nos anos 80 e 90. O senador, de 39 anos, saiu de uma operação “neurocirúrgica” e de um procedimento na coxa esquerda, mas seu estado continua extremamente grave, de acordo com um comunicado da La Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogotá, onde ele está sendo tratado. A instituição se recusou a dar um prognóstico.
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2 weeks ago | 
leadertelegram.com | Patricia Laya |Andreína Itriago
Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay remains in a critical condition after an assassination attempt on Saturday that recalled the political violence that roiled the nation in the 1980s and 1990s. The 39-year-old opposition senator is out of a “neurosurgical” operation and a procedure on his left thigh, but his condition remains extremely serious, according to a statement from La Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota, where he is being treated. It declined to give a prognosis.
