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A soldier from the French Foreign Legion has been abducted by armed rebel groups in southwestern Colombia, raising security concerns for international personnel in the region. French authorities are reportedly coordinating with Colombian officials to locate the missing serviceman.
Dāvids Krūmiņš, a former French Foreign Legion soldier previously on an international wanted list for organizing a kidnapping, has been arrested in Latvia by organized crime officials.
Colombian military forces confirmed the abduction of a Gallo-Colombian French Foreign Legion sergeant earlier in August, who was taken captive in an area controlled by armed insurgents.
The article commemorates one of the most famous and symbolic clashes in military history, which occurred on April 30, 1863, during the French intervention in Mexico, a battle that continues to define the French Foreign Legion.
A Digi24 team exclusively filmed in eastern France at the French Army's largest urban combat training center, a "ghost town" built from scratch to prepare soldiers for urban warfare scenarios.
Seventeen charges have been filed against Stanimir Hasardzhiev, the former chairman of the national patient organization, along with Greek model Anastasios Michailidis, actor Rosen Belov, and former French Foreign Legion employee Simeon Dryanovski.