Armed groups being investigated in child murders
An army inspector has announced that illegal armed groups are being investigated in connection with the murder of three children in the department Arauca, reports Caracol. General William Perez would…
An army inspector has announced that illegal armed groups are being investigated in connection with the murder of three children in the department Arauca, reports Caracol. General William Perez would…
A paramilitary known as “Visaje” escaped from custody in Monteria, northern Colombia, while being transferred to a hearing, reports El Tiempo. Carlos Andres Palencia Gonzalez was being moved from the…
FARC leader “Mono Jojoy” said before his death that the guerrilla group would only release hostage members of the security forces through a prisoner exchange, according to an interview posted on…
Colombia’s Ministry of Defense on Thursday published e-mails it says were retrieved from the computers of slain FARC leader “Mono Jojoy,” which discuss public relations strategies and plan the 2009 kidnap…
Three of the parties in Colombia’s National Unity political coalition say that seeking a constitutional reform to end all forms of abortion is not a part of their political agenda,…
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe appeared on Venezuelan television station Globovision in an interview Wednesday, three months after he left the presidency. Uribe, who had contentious relations with Venezuelan President…
Colombian journalist Jineth Bedoya, author of “The Life and Death of Mono Jojoy,” is accused on a pro-FARC website of working for the military, according to the Foundation for Freedom of the…
Colombia’s rainy season has now taken the lives of 117 people, according to the Ministry of Interior and Justice. Over all, 1,170,480 people have been affected by the extreme weather,…
Colombia’s Conservative Party announced Wednesday that it will pursue a constitutional reform, endorsed by the Catholic Church, to make abortion illegal in all cases, reports El Espectador. The party’s new president announced…