While the United States considers a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Colombia, the human rights situation in the Magdalena Medio region of Colombia has deteriorated dramatically, culminating on the 17th…
Colombia’s police chief announces that the institution will scrutinize police officers to ensure that they have no links to Colombian criminal groups, newspaper El Espectador reported Thursday. The police force is…
The United States Thursday praised Colombia’s “vigorous” measures to fight domestic terrorism and its increase in international counterterrorism cooperation and training efforts. In its annual Country Reports on Terrorism, the…
Former President Alvaro Uribe claimed that Colombia is winning the war on drugs in an interview with CNN, released Monday. “Colombia is winning, Colombia at some moment produced closed to…
Illegal armed groups are trying to influence the October local elections in nearly 200 Colombian municipalities, the country’s ombudsman said Monday. According to various media reports, Ombudsman Volmar Perez revealed…
A Colombian bishop who had served as an intermediary between drug trafficking organizations and the government was transferred by the Vatican to a different seat Sunday, El Meridiano reported.…
Colombian police discovered three semi-submersibles allegedly belonging to the neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños.” Authorities located the semi-submersibles in a craft workshop in Neococli, a Caribbean coastal town in the department…
A Cartegena bishop has proposed non-extradition for armed gangs and neo-paramilitaries who voluntarily submit to the Colombian government. Bishop Julio Cesar Vidal, who was contacted by groups composed of former…
Colombia’s prosecutor general announced Tuesday that armed criminal gangs and groups descended from paramilitaries will be treated as common criminals in their dealings with the government and cannot trade submission…