UN warns of neo-paramilitary threat
The U.N. says that links between politicians and paramilitaries are still a cause for concern in Colombia, while “emerging bands” linked to the paramilitaries are responsible for a 40% rise…
The U.N. says that links between politicians and paramilitaries are still a cause for concern in Colombia, while “emerging bands” linked to the paramilitaries are responsible for a 40% rise…
Colombian judicial authorities sentence no more than 12 of every 100 arrested drug gang suspects. The rest are set free because of a shortage in prosecutors and judges, the country’s…
A government initiative aimed at destroying the infrastructure of neo-paramilitary and narco-trafficking groups is yielding results, with 95 members captured last week, according to a government press release Monday. Operation…
The government appeals to the House of Representatives to approve the Citizen Security project, a series of laws intended to help combat neo-paramilitary gangs. According to Justice and Interior Minister German…
Wikileaks has published a series of cables from 2006 highlighting significant failings in the Justice and Peace Law (JPL) that led demobilized paramilitary fighters to return to arms. In November…
The national police seize a eader of the south-west Colombia-based narco-trafficking organization “Los Rastrojos” in Medellin, RCN Radio reported Friday. Jader Blanquicet, alias “Uraba,” is accused of at least 150…
Colombian mayors’ and ranchers’ associations warn that security has deteriorated in the country, in direct contradiction of President Santos’ claim that it is improving, El Espectador reported Friday. Gilberto Toro,…
Former President Alvaro Uribe in 2004 predicted the rise of neo-paramilitary groups from the ashes of the demobilized AUC. He also said guerrilla groups FARC and ELN wouldn’t last to…
Criminal groups that emerged from the AUC and drug cartels have increasing control over Colombia’s cities and countryside and threaten to influence October’s local elections, the country’s Interior and Justice…