Former paramilitaries are being re-enlisted in a private army which will be used to violently resist the restitution of land to displaced farmers in the north-Colombia Cesar department, according to…
Authorities in the strategically important department of Antioquia have refused to give credence to reports of a non-aggression pact between three of Colombia’s most powerful criminal groups, reported Colombian daily…
Three of Colombia’s most powerful drug trafficking organizations have agreed to divide Colombia’s drug trafficking routes in the west of the country to avoid infighting, Cali-based newspaper El Pais reports.…
Neo-paramilitary groups are causing Colombian students to be displaced on a ‘massive’ scale, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), reported Colombian news provider Noticiero del Llano Wednesday. According to…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos joined thousands of protesters in the northwest of Colombia Saturday demanding the return of lands stolen by illegal armed groups. The march, held in the…
Colombia’s Comptroller General has warned criminal gangs are profiting from health service embezzlement, reported local media Thursday. Sandra Morelli said a review of 70 regional health services had revealed a…
Colombia is at risk of entering a new era of guerrilla and drug-related violence if the government does not curb the increase in attacks by neo-paramilitary groups like the “Urabeños”…
Research institute Nuevo Arco Iris released its yearly report on Colombia’s armed conflict. Based on field research, the organization mapped the areas of influence of the different illegal armed groups…
Colombia’s Conservative Party on Tuesday admitted that parts of the country are suffering what a leading newspaper has called a security crisis, caused by an increase in FARC attacks and…