Minister of Defense Rodrigo Rivera has offered a “second chance” for guerrillas who demobilize, through benefits and incentives, but closed that door to criminal gangs, who he said must surrender…
Bogota’s government secretary admitted Tuesday that armed gangs are currently active in the Colombian capital, directly contradicting a claim made by her predecessor less than three months earlier, newspaper…
A map published by political news website La Silla Vacia shows the striking similarities between territories formerly controlled by paramilitary groups and areas that today have an emerging criminal gang…
The second leader of emerging criminal organization “Cordillera” has been sentenced to five years and four months imprisonment in Manizales, in the central Colombian department of Caldas, Radio Santa Fe…
Colombia’s vice president and interior and justice minister clashed Wednesday over alleged government plans to offer amnesty to members of criminal groups. The disagreement between Vice President Angelino Garzon and…
Colombian police said Monday they have captured the military chief of neo-paramilitary group “Los Paisas,” who had a $140,000 reward on his head. Jesus Maria Mosquera Mosquera, alias “Sangre” allegedly…
Colombia’s agriculture minister expects most difficulties returning stolen land to displaced farmers in the north and northeast of Colombia. The minister told W Radio that the most dangerous areas to…
Colombian authorities have arrested two alleged drug lords, one of them known as “The Terror of La Guajira,” a former paramilitary associated with “Los Urabeños,” Caracol Radio reported. Rodrigo Antonio…
A three-year-old child was killed and three people were injured in the crossfire between two warring neo-paramilitary gangs “Los Paisas” and “Los Urabeños” in the northern Colombian deparment of Norte…