Nobody knows who carried out Saturday’s bomb attack in Colombia’s capital Bogota, but there are several likely suspects with the motives, opportunity and means to carry out such a high-impact…
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It took court orders, but Colombia’s hard-right former President Alvaro Uribe has begun asking forgiveness to victims of war crimes and journalists after years of refusing to do so. Uribe’s most recent apology…
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With the demobilization of the FARC underway, Colombia has vowed to combat the guerrillas’ rival paramilitary and crime groups that for decades have influenced society and politics. Amid increasing pressure to comply with commitments made in a…
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The “Aguilas Negras” (Black Eagles) is an extreme-right illegal armed group or groups that emerged in 2006 after the official demobilization of paramilitary umbrella organization AUC. Of all illegal armed groups in…
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Locals from northwest Colombia who last week blocked the demobilization of local FARC guerrillas agreed on Monday to allow the demobilization after the defense minister promised to send more troops to the…
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The Aguilas Negras is a neo-paramilitary group or are small neo-paramilitary groups that has become one of the most elusive and mysterious remnants of the paramilitary group AUC. Aguilas Negras…
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The Colombian government needs to do more to protect human rights workers who have been threatened by right-wing death squads, Amnesty International said Wednesday. Colombia should do more to protect human rights…
Colombia’s peace process could be the prelude to a bloodbath as new paramilitary groups are forming with the explicit intent to kill any “undesirable,” a newly released documentary shows. The 20-minute film…
The mayor of Bogota and some of Colombia’s most prominent leftist opposition senators said they have received death threats from a neo-paramilitary group. Leftist Colombian senators and Bogota mayor receive…
Colombia’s Minister of Interior said on Tuesday that neo-paramilitary group “Aguilas Negras” does not exist and that death threats sent in the name of the group are authored by “enemies of peace.” Aguilas…