312 new ‘false positives’ cases investigated
Colombia Prosecutor General’s Office is investigating 312 new complaints of people who say members of the armed forces killed civilians to present them as guerrillas killed in combat. “The cases…
Colombia Prosecutor General’s Office is investigating 312 new complaints of people who say members of the armed forces killed civilians to present them as guerrillas killed in combat. “The cases…
The military agreement Colombia and the United States plan to sign in the near future allows the U.S. to use more than the seven already approved bases on Colombian territory.…
Seventy indigenous were tortured for no reason by alleged paramilitaries in the Choco department, native authorities reported Wednesday. Armed men entered the Pinchincha community, asked the indigenous for a subject…
Shamans and indigenous tribes of seven Andean countries are currently meeting to share knowledge and wisdom at the International Meeting of Andean Cultures in Pasto, Nariño department. According to Carlos…
Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe will not meet opposition Senator Piedad Cordoba to discuss the pending liberation of FARC hostages, commissioner for peace Frank Pearl said Wednesday. Although Uribe authorized Cordoba…
Lawyers of former DAS director Miguel Maza Marquez Wednesday demanded the immediate release of their client, accused of complicity in the murder of presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galan in 1989.…
The Colombian and Ecuadorean military are still cooperating in the fight against the FARC despite the diplomatic crisis between Bogota and Quito, Colombian military commander Freddy Padilla de Leon said…
Colombian authorities say they seized almost 16 tons of marijuana in July in a special counternarcotics operation called ‘Patria uno’. According to the press release, the police found the drugs…
A U.S. judge sentenced former paramilitary leader ‘Pablo Sevillano’ to 17 years in jail for drug trafficking, news agency EFE reported Wednesday. Guillermo Perez Alzate, alias ‘Pablo Sevillano’, was the…