The Venezuelan government has confirmed the capture of a high level commander of the Colombian drug trafficking gang “Los Rastrojos,” Caracol Radio reported Monday. Ruberney Vergara Sanabria, alias “Maniquemao,” was…
Colombia’s Interior and Justice Minister German Vargas Lleras said that the government will increase security measures for members of opposition party Polo Democratico amid death threats from neo-paramilitaries, El Espectador…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported that over 1,800 civilians have fled their homes in a series of recent mass displacements in western Colombia. According to…
Neo-paramilitary group the “Aguilas Negras” have recently distributed pamphlets threatening journalists, lawyers, trade unionists and political leaders in the Caribbean coastal city of Barranquilla, media reported Monday. The group’s Central…
A grenade attack by a suspected drug gang left seven injured in a municipality 180 miles north of Medellin, central Colombia, RCN Radio reported Monday. Two unknown individuals on a…
A drug trafficking route from Colombia’s central coffee zone stretching all the way to the Pacific coast is increasing violence in the region, according to a Colombian human rights organization.…
Venezuela on Sunday claimed it arrested the leader of Colombian neo-paramilitary group “Aguilas Negras” in the northwestern city of Maracaibo. According to Interior Minister Tarek El Aissami, the arrested suspect…
Violence in the department of Cordoba has been increasing, according to a report from Verdad Abierta. Numerous labor and union leaders, as well as those fighting for land to be…
An international delegation will accompany 290 Colombians, displaced by violence and forced to flee into the jungle in the western department of Choco, as they return to their homes. The…