Indigenous murdered in southwest Colombia
Members of the Awa indigenous people on Sunday were allegedly tortured and killed in Colombia’s southwestern Nariño department.
Members of the Awa indigenous people on Sunday were allegedly tortured and killed in Colombia’s southwestern Nariño department.
After years in rural Colombia reporting on the armed conflict, journalist turned filmmaker Nicole Karsin devoted herself to documenting the struggle of indigenous women caught in the middle of the ongoing battle…
The Colombian government gave $565,000 to an Awa indigenous community to encourage the cultivation of cocoa, said local media Monday. The funds were awarded to the central Colombian town of…
Three men convicted of the 2009 murder of 12 people from Colombia’s Awa indigenous group were sentenced Tuesday to 52 years in jail, Efe reports. Jose Miguel Castro, Daniel Cuasuluzan Rodriguez…
Four people, reportedly from the indigenous Awa group, were massacred Thursday night in Colombia’s south-western Nariño department, El Espectador reported Friday. The motive of the murder is not yet known. The…
Four indigenous Awa were murdered by anonymous armed attackers in Colombia’s southern department of Nariño whilst attending the wake of another tribe member who was killed previously, media reported Thursday.…
A human rights prosecutor ordered the arrested of an officer in the Colombian Armed Forces for his alleged role in the killing of five indigenous Awa Indians. Lieutenant Alberto Williams…
The government claims that it is upholding its commitments regarding native rights and causes, after thousand of indigenous took to the streets to denounce the government’s broken promises. Thousands of…
Colombian police Tuesday arrested two more suspects of the murder of twelve members of the indigenous Awa tribe in August. One man already was in custody for the massacre. A…