Forced displacement
More than 8.4 million people have been forcibly displaced in Colombia since the beginning of the country’s armed conflict, according to the government. In 2022, more than 180,000 people were…
More than 8.4 million people have been forcibly displaced in Colombia since the beginning of the country’s armed conflict, according to the government. In 2022, more than 180,000 people were…
Multiple illegal armed groups that carry out violent attacks against civilians, security forces, and oil infrastructure are active throughout Colombia. The following maps indicate where think tank Indepaz registered and verified…
Massacres more than tripled in Colombia this year as corruption is corroding the government’s capacity to govern. Conflict monitor Indepaz said Monday it has registered 83 mass killings of more…
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal began hearing retired General Mario Montoya, the country’s former army commander, about his allegedly leading role in the mass killing of civilians on Wednesday. The highly…
Colombia’s armed conflict left more than 262,000 people dead. 120,000 are still missing. The vast majority of these victims were civilians. The most reliable statistics were released by the National…
More than 150,000 people were disappeared during Colombia’s half-a-century armed conflict, according to the National Victims Registry. More than half of them are still missing. The number of forcibly disappeared…
Colombia’s so-called “false positives” scandal is centered around the extrajudicial killings of thousands of civilians by the military that dressed their victims as guerrillas to present them as combat kills…
The term parapolitics is used to describe the ties between paramilitary organizations like the now-demobilized AUC, and state officials in Colombia. Opposition Senator Gustavo Petro has been denouncing ties between…