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...police officer were killed. The military terrorism court, where judges and other personnel wear masks, imposed a life sentence, ignoring the prosecutors' recommendation of 30 years in prison. Berenson will serve the term in a notoriously tough maximum-security prison reserved for terrorists that is located high in the Andes...
...Investigators examining two "black box" flight recorders from the American Airlines jet that slammed into the Andes mountains last week, believe that human error, not mechanical failure or sabotage, caused the air tragedy which killed 160 people. Technicians from Colombia and the U.S., working in the National Transportation Safety Board laboratories, believe that either the pilots or air traffic controllers, or both, made mistakes as the plane made its final approach into Cali. The Boeing 757 was 13 miles off course when it crashed 40 miles from its destination in clear weather. Four people and a dog survived...
...RETURN OF THE ICE MAIDEN The mummified remains of an Incan girl who was sacrificed to appease a mountain god 500 years ago were discovered in the Peruvian Andes. Anthropologists hope that analysis of her body and associated artifacts will answer many questions about how the Inca lived and died...
...company, Ecopetrol, which is developing an estimated 2 billion bbl. in Cusiana and the neighboring Cupiagua field. That could be just the beginning: the partners' plan to invest $6 billion over the next 40 months to bring in Cusiana and explore other sites in the foothills of the Andes...
...survivor of a volcanic explosion that killed six scientists last year says his colleagues may not have died in vain. Analysis of data collected from the fateful eruption of the Galeras volcano in the Colombian Andes reveals patterns that may help predict precisely when an explosive volcano will erupt...