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NOTEWORTHY RECENT TERRORIST ATTACKS | LAW AND ORDER | INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS, RECENT ACTIVITY
NOTEWORTHY RECENT TERRORIST ATTEMPTS Brazil arrests 'amateur' group accused of Olympics terror plot.
Federal police are monitoring about 100 people for possible links to terrorist groups, mostly in the porous tri-border region with Paraguay and Argentina, an anonymous presidential aide said. By Lisandra Paraguassu and Anthony Boadle, Reuters, July 21, 2016: TEXT | PICTURE
Suspeitos presos por terrorismo faziam parte de grupo chamado Defensores da Sharia. Mandados são para dez prisões temporárias, duas conduções coercitivas e 19 buscas e apreensões em vários estados. Por Jailton de Carvalho, Cleide Carvalho e Thiago Herdy, Jornal O Globo, July 21, 2016: TEXT | VIDEO
LAW AND ORDER
Colombia government and Farc rebels to set up truth commission. The Colombian government and the FARC rebel group have agreed to set up a truth commission to investigate the deaths of the 220,000 people estimated to have died in the conflict. BBC News, June 7, 2014: TEXT | PICTURES
Colombia and rebels from the Ejército de Liberación Nacional to hold peace talks. In a joint statement, the two sides say they have been holding exploratory peace talks since January and have now agreed on some points of an agenda to discuss in formal talks. BBC News, June 10, 2014: TEXT | PICTURE
INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS, RECENT ACTIVITY
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Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia ( AUC: United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia) |
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COLOMBIA |
Court Ruling Stirs Controversy Over Colombia's 'Para-Economy'. The verdict sentenced Javier Antonio Quintero Coronel, alias "Pica Pica," to eight years in prison for crimes committed during his militancy with the Héctor Julio Peinado Becerra (HJPB) paramilitary bloc. By Dan Alder and Michael Lohmuller, InSight Crime, July 18, 2016: TEXT | PICTURE
Spanish police swoop on Colombian drug gang's 'branch office for hit men.' Among those arrested were the suspected leader of the cell, who went by the alias "Conejo" meaning rabbit and his right hand man "El Monstro", with some members of the gang were former members of the paramilitary group, United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia. By Fiona Govan, The Telegraph, March 2, 2013: TEXT | PICTURE
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Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN: National Liberation Army) |
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Reitera Ejercito de Liberación Nacional su voluntad para dialogar sobre la paz con el gobierno colombiano. El líder del ELN, Ejercito de Liberación Nacional, Nicolás Rodríguez, reiteró la voluntad de ese movimiento para dialogar con el gobierno colombiano en busca de la paz en ese país. Radio Habana Cuba, July 18, 2016: TEXT
Colombia and rebels from the Ejército de Liberación Nacional to hold peace talks. In a joint statement, the two sides say they have been holding exploratory peace talks since January and have now agreed on some points of an agenda to discuss in formal talks. BBC News, June 10, 2014: TEXT | PICTURE
Colombia's ELN rebels offer peace talks, But refuse to end its kidnapping, bomb attacks and extortion of foreign oil and mining companies before negotiations start. Reuters UK, August 27, 2012: TEXT | PICTURE
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Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) |
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In Havana, Ban hails Colombia ceasefire pact as example of peace with dignity. “We at the United Nations are determined to do everything we can, alongside the Government and the FARC-EP, to translate a remarkable negotiating process into exemplary implementation of the peace commitments made,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. UN News, June 23, 2016: TEXT | PICTURES
Colombia announces cease-fire deal to end 52-year conflict with rebels. “May this be the last day of the war,” said Timoleón Jiménez, leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), who is better known by the nom de guerre Timochenko. By Nick Miroff, The Washington Post, June 23, 2016: TEXT | PICTURE
Colombia government and Farc rebels to set up truth commission. The Colombian government and the FARC rebel group have agreed to set up a truth commission to investigate the deaths of the 220,000 people estimated to have died in the conflict. BBC News, June 7, 2014: TEXT | PICTURES
Colombian soldiers die in clash with Farc rebels. Tensions have been on the rise again since the Farc ended a unilateral ceasefire last month. BBC News, February 13, 2013: TEXT | MAP
Colombia rebels 'to hold peace talks' with government. The Colombian government have signed an agreement to begin peace talks with FARC, according to Latin American media reports.BBC, August 27, 2012: click here
Ecuador arrests prominent FARC guerrilla, Edilson Castro Lopez (alias "Jairo" or "Chicanero"). By Courtney Scott, Colombia Reports, August 6, 2012: click here
FARC commander killed in northwest Colombia. He was suspected of being involved in a 2011 bombing that killed the highway patrol chief of the northwestern Colombian province of Antioquia. Fox News, August 5, 2012: click here
Gold overtakes drugs as source of Colombia rebel funds. By Jeremy McDermott, BBC, June 17, 2012: click here
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Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) SL |
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PERU |
Al menos tres muertos tras ataque de Sendero Luminoso en Perú. Dos militares y un civil fallecieron y otros seis soldados quedaron heridos tras un ataque a una patrulla del Ejército peruano que se dirigía a prestar seguridad a locales de votación en la región Junín centro. AFP, La
Nación, April 9, 2016: TEXT
Diálogos senderistas alertaron a la embajada estadounidense. La interceptación de las comunicaciones por inteligencia militar revela que grupo subversivo del Vraem estaría planeando el secuestro de estadounidenses en nueva etapa militar para presionar al gobierno. La Republica, February 15, 2013: TEXT | PHOTO
Security Message for U.S. Citizens – Potential Kidnapping Threat in Cusco. Emergency Message, U.S. Embassy Lima, Peru, February 13, 2013: click here
Peru rebels kill 5 army officers, injure 5 others. Reuters, August 16, 2012: click here
Peru gas pipeline work complicated by rebels. Reuters, August 2, 2012: click here
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