The rise of the AGC, Colombia’s criminal powerhouse
In less than 10 years, Colombia’s largest drug trafficking organization, the AGC, has grown from 80 paramilitary fighters to a criminal powerhouse of more than 7,000 armed fighters who defy…
In less than 10 years, Colombia’s largest drug trafficking organization, the AGC, has grown from 80 paramilitary fighters to a criminal powerhouse of more than 7,000 armed fighters who defy…
Colombia’s prosecution said Wednesday that it prevented attacks on United States government officials in the capital Bogota, allegedly planned by a Cuban national. Raul Gutierrez Sanchez, a 46-year old that…
Peace talks between Colombia’s government and ELN guerrillas are slowly restarting, but neither party has agreed to end hostilities until a new ceasefire is reached. The government has sent its…
The number of civilians killed in Colombia’s armed conflict could be 30% higher than currently assumed, if the 83 thousand people who were forcibly disappeared are ever found. An updated…
The presidential candidate of demobilized FARC guerrillas this week made an emergency call to save Colombia’s peace process. Is the situation really that bad or has the former guerrilla chief…
Colombia’s largest illegal armed group, the paramilitary AGC, looks to have broken its unilateral ceasefire, allegedly killing one policeman and injuring three in an attack on Wednesday. The attack on…
Six out of 10 peasant families in Colombia do not formally own their land, according to director of the National Land Agency, Miguel Samper. It is estimated that between 30…
The court ordered an investigation into Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe for the murder of human rights advocate Jesus Maria Valle. But now, 20 years after the murder, it is too…
Ituango, a town in northern Colombia, has been pulled back into armed conflict, just when locals thought peace might have been on the horizon.