More than 30 people were allegedly killed in northeast Colombia since Thursday when guerrilla group ELN embarked on a major offensive in the Catatumbo region. According to Ombudsman Iris Marin,…
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP announced that forensic experts found human remans in a waste dump in the west of Medellin. The exhumation of at least two victims of forced…
A disagreement about peace talks with Colombia’s government caused a surprise split between commanders of guerrilla group Segunda Marquetalia (SM). The internal division became visible during negotiations with the SM’s…
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP indicted six former FARC commanders for crimes committed against almost 19,000 children. The victims were either recruited or otherwise abused by the FARC between 1971…
President Gustavo Petro designated 18 of Colombia’s most notorious former war lords as “peace brokers” ahead of talks about their possible participation in peace building. The decree signed by Petro…
Colombia’s military commander ordered the elimination of joint task forces that were created in 2003 to combat guerrilla group FARC, which largely demobilized in 2017. The military command also ended…
The United Nations Security Council voted to continue monitoring the implementation of a 2016 peace deal between Colombia’s government and FARC guerrillas. The vote allows the UN verification mission to…
Seventeen people were injured in a drone attack that followed a military operation that uprooted guerrilla groups from a town in southwest Colombia. The drone attack on El Plateado was…
Colombia’s government agreed to a meeting with ELN guerrillas to seek a possible resumption of peace talks that were suspended last month. In a statement, the government’s peace talks delegates…
