Colombia’s government has warned that armed groups may use intimidation tactics to keep land they have illegally obtained, Caracol Radio reported Monday. Agriculture Minister Juan Camilo Restrepo expressed concern that…
Police captured 23 individuals and seized 1,600 kg of cocaine and drug production chemicals in Operation Conquest, according to a statement issued by Colombia’s National Police, Saturday. Ten raids were carried…
The Colombian National Police’s continued offensive against criminal organizations has resulted in 23 arrests, including a leader of the “Los Rastrojos” drug trafficking gang, newspaper El Espectador reported Friday. Police…
Liberal Party member Guillermo Rivera has launched a stinging attack on former President Alvaro Uribe’s administration, labelling Colombia’s neo-paramilitary groups as his “legacy” and stating that the children of ex-paramilitaries…
Colombia’s defense minister has called on Congress not to grant political status to neo-paramilitary groups, as they lack any political ideology and are simply “vulgar narco-traffickers,” RCN Radio reports Wednesday. Rodrigo…
Emerging criminal gangs have consolidated their power and have a “capacity to act” in 360 Colombian municipalities, a report by NGO Indepaz released Thursday showed. These neo-paramilitary groups are composed…
Police catch “Niño Fabian,” thought to be the head of criminal band “La Cordillera” (The Mountain Range) in the city of Pereira, central-west Colombia, Colombian media reported Monday. Jose Fabian Guzman…
Neo-paramilitary groups with former armed forces personnel as members were able to infiltrate the state by exploiting their military connections, according to a WikiLeaks cable. The cable, dated February 13,…
Colombia’s interior and justice minister announced Thursday that illegal armed groups threaten to influence October’s local elections in 300 of Colombia’s 1,099 municipalities. Previously the government had said that neo-paramilitary groups or…