Colombia’s interior and justice minister wants Congress to increase penalties for members of criminal gangs referred to by the government as emerging criminal groups or BACRIM. A day after the United Nations expressed...
Read MoreThe United Nations and NGO Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES) expressed Monday their concern for the high level of neo-paramilitary violence in Colombia, specifically in the northern department of Cordoba....
Read MoreA change in Colombia’s labor law decreased the percentage of foreign workers allowed to work for a company by 10 percent, reports newpaper La Republica. Before the amendment, Article 74 allowed for 20 percent of an...
Read MoreAn alleged nacro henchman of drug gang “Los Rastrojos” was ordered to be set free on Friday after nearly a year of detention for drug charges. The Colombian courts granted a writ of Habeas Corpus, a court order to...
Read MoreColombian judicial sources on Friday announced findings of a new breed of paramilitary organization being created in the north of the country. The Prosecutor General’s Office revealed that the new generation of...
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