Around 50 families have fled into the jungles of the west Colombian Choco department to escape fighting between rival narco-trafficking paramilitary groups, according to regional Ombudsman Victor Raul Mosquera. The humanitarian crisis is…
Colombia’s police reported the arrest 100 members of illegal armed groups during the last week of former President Alvaro Uribe’s leadership. According to a police press release, 68 people linked…
Members of the Wayuu indigenous population who inhabit the Colombia-Venezuela border regions have reported sightings of FARC guerrillas, according to a report by El Heraldo. According to the newspaper, villagers from…
Female leaders of the Bogota’s displaced population are being threatened by paramilitary organizations, according to a Green Party councilor. Councilor Antonio Sanguino told RCN Radio that over the last three…
U.S.-based NGO the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) says it received a second death threat in as many months from Colombian paramilitary group the “Aguilas Negras.” WOLA, whose focus…
The Colombian ambassador to the U.S. criticized NGO the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) for its “unacceptable” suggestion of a connection between the embassy and a paramilitary group, El…
The Bogota city council Monday expressed concern over the death threats it is receiving from the metropolitan block of neo-paramilitary drug-trafficking organization the “Aguilas Negras.” Councilor Alvaro Argote said that…
A U.S.-based NGO alleges that they and 80 other Colombian NGOs received death threats from Colombian paramilitary group the “Aguilas Negras.” The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), whose aim…
Colombia is ranked 126 out of 175 countries world-wide in terms of press freedom, according to NGO Reporters Without Borders‘ 2010 report, released to coincide with World Press Freedom Day. The…