Colombia drug lords negotiating surrender to justice: Top prosecution official
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office and drug lords are negotiating the dismantling of the criminal organizations, a top prosecution official said Wednesday.
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office and drug lords are negotiating the dismantling of the criminal organizations, a top prosecution official said Wednesday.
Eight men were found assassinated on Friday in a mansion in Cali, the southwestern Colombian city that had only just able been to show positive results in attempts to lower its staggering homicide…
A Medellin human rights leader barely saved his life on Thursday when two men opened fire at his car just outside his native city.
Colombia’s public prosecution and the Ministry of Justice will present a bill in November that will focus on dismantling drug trafficking organizations, reported Caracol Radio Thursday.
Seven people have been arrested for allegedly dismembering a 26-year old woman in the violent Colombian port city of Buenaventura, authorities said Tuesday. Three of the suspects are minors.
Paramilitary successor groups have issued fresh threats against Colombian human rights defenders in recent weeks, leading several groups to call on the government to ensure adequate protection of at risk individuals.
Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel has sent arms and troops to Medellin in an attempt to increase military support for two of Colombia’s most powerful criminal organizations, according to local newspaper El Tiempo.
The vast majority of human rights violations in Colombia last year were committed by paramilitaries and government forces, according to a conflict analysis NGO.
Colombia’s National Police chief on Wednesday said that the commander of neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños” teamed up with the regional commander of country’s the largest armed group FARC in Antioquia, because they are lead by…