An attack on an army base in eastern Colombia that killed two soldiers and injured 25 “practically closes the peace process” with guerrilla group ELN, said President Gustavo Petro in…
At least 13 soldiers were injured in a major guerrilla attack on an army base in the east of Colombia on Tuesday. The attack targeted a military base in Puerto…
An unknown armed group massacred 12 people in a remote community in western Colombia, according to multiple accounts. The massacre allegedly took place on Sunday in a river community called…
Almost 700 indigenous victims of Colombia’s armed conflict left the capital Bogota on Sunday to return to their lands in the west of the country. The trip from Bogota to…
Colombia’s government signed off on the creation of alternatives to compulsory military service. The newly created “social services for peace” allow men between 18 and 24 to evade the military…
Authorities in northeast Colombia have reported a wave of explosives attacks since an improvised ceasefire by guerrilla group ELN expired on Friday. According to newspaper El Espectador, guerrillas carried out…
EMC commander “Ivan Mordisco” declared war on dissident guerrilla units that decided to negotiate peace with the government without his approval. In a statement, the EMC’s Amazonas Bloc, which is…
An appeals court in Colombia’s second largest city Medellin sentenced the former finance chief of the now-defunct paramilitary organization ACCU to 40 years in prison. The Medellin Superior Tribunal overturned…
Paramilitary organization ACSN ordered its forces in northern Colombia to cease fire in response to government decrees that seek to negotiate the demobilization of paramilitaries. The ACSN, which is also…