The murder of five Colombians in Venezuela over the weekend is likely the work of the Colombian neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños” said Colombia’s Medical Examiner’s Office Tuesday.
Sixty-nine of the congress elect who gained seats in Sunday’s election have links to illegal activities, according to a local NGO. If allegations are true, this means that more than…
Authorities in the north of Colombia arrested nine military members and two civilians on Wednesday for allegedly participating in an arms trafficking scheme that sold or rented military material to criminals.
“This is the time for social cleansing,” reads the most recent pamphlet by Colombian neo-paramilitaries, which threatens to take the lives of the “communist, homosexual, immoral and rapist” schoolchildren of…
Children in over half of Colombia’s states are at risk of being recruited by the country’s armed or criminal groups, the country’s Ombudsman’s Office said.
A pamphlet circulating on the outskirts of Medellin and on social networking is claiming the FARC plans to return to Colombia’s second largest city. Authorities and the rebels assume the…
Several politicians and human rights lawyers said Tuesday that they have received death threats from paramilitary group the Black Eagles (Aguilas Negras).
Nearly 5,000 FARC members and over 8,000 neo-paramilitaries have been captured by Colombia’s armed forces over the past two years, according to a report released by the Colombian Ministry of…
Colombia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs announced Monday that additional security measures have been implemented to protect opposition politicians, in light of the death threats issued against leaders of social movements…