179 Colombians displaced in Choco department
One hundred and seventy-nine people from a rural community in the Colombian department of Choco were displaced from their homes after being warned by a local paramilitary group of impending…
One hundred and seventy-nine people from a rural community in the Colombian department of Choco were displaced from their homes after being warned by a local paramilitary group of impending…
A neo-paramilitary group in the Magdalena Valley has declared war on rival organizations operating in the region, Colombian media reported Tuesday. According to newspaper El Tiempo, the group, the Gaitanista…
President Alvaro Uribe on Saturday declared his belief that there are approx 2,700 criminals working for the drug trafficking industry throughout Colombia. The declaration was made by Uribe during a…
Bogota police captured two members of the paramilitary group “Black Eagles” on suspicion of drug trafficking, terrorism, extortion, conspiracy and murder. The two men were identified as Peláez Gustavo Adolfo…
A Colombian victims advocacy group reported more threats by the paramilitary gang “Black Eagles,” against human rights advocates, public officials and other citizens in Cuaca. Through leaflets distributed in Inza,…
Police captured 11 alleged members of the emergent drug trafficking gang Aguilas Negras in various operations across Colombia’s departments of Cordoba and Antioquia on Monday. According to authorities, among those…
A Cucuta judge convicted eleven members of paramilitary group ‘Aguilas Negras’ Tuesday. The paramilitaries were sentenced between three to four years in jail and were ordered to pay fines between…
Paramilitary group ‘Aguilas Negras’ threatened, tortured and displaced the indigenous tribe Embera Pichinde in the Choco department for the fourth time, indigenous representatives said Wednesday. Seven masked and armed men,…