Colombia captures former top paramilitary for the 3rd time in 4 years
Colombia’s criminal justice authorities recaptured a former top gang and paramilitary leader Wednesday, according to police reports.
Colombia’s criminal justice authorities recaptured a former top gang and paramilitary leader Wednesday, according to police reports.
The Colombian welfare system can be characterized as much by its ineffective Kafkaesque bureaucratic nature as by its neglect. Among the hills of southwestern Antioquia, in the municipality of Ciudad Bolivar,…
A group of lawyers are seeking court proceedings to try a paramilitary group and their alleged founder, the brother of former President Alvaro Uribe, for crimes against humanity.
A 24-story apartment building under construction in the wealthy south of Medellin collapsed on Saturday. Eleven people were reported missing by local authorities that are going through the rubble. Two…
Eight people were injured in the north of Colombia on Wednesday when alleged members of rebel group FARC detonated a bus.
The cousin of former Colombia President Alvaro Uribe was found dead on Sunday. His disappearance a few days before had sparked speculation over a possible kidnapping.
The investigation into the links between Santiago Uribe – the brother of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe – and paramilitary death squads was reopened last week after the testimony of…
An international human rights organization has denounced the assassination of a human rights activist who opposed a controversial damming project in Colombia.
The UNESCO director-general has condemned the recent killing of a Colombian journalist.