Homicides, massacres and legislative disorder threat attempts to negotiate peace with gangs in three of Colombia’s most violent cities. The government of President Gustavo Petro kicked off the peace processes…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Monday that the prosecution is being used to traffic drugs and protects alleged criminals in the Pacific port city of Buenaventura. The president referred to…
Deadly violence in Buenaventura has been escalating amid failures to implement a promised peace process in Colombia’s main port city on the Pacific coast. The registered surge in homicides threatens…
A gang truce in Buenaventura returned peace to Colombia’s main port city on the Pacific Coast after three years of turf wars. Members of the “Spartans” and the Shotas” took…
Human rights defenders want the mayor of Buenaventura to declare a humanitarian emergency in Colombia’s most violent city. The call followed the arrival of more than 500 people from two…
Homicides in Buenaventura have surged amid the latest turf war over who controls the Pacific port city with one of Colombia’s largest shipping container terminals. Buenaventura’s authorities reportedly counted 123…
Authorities and locals from Buenaventura agreed to jointly search for hundreds of people who have gone missing in Colombia’s most important port city. The pact that was announced on Tuesday…
The bishop of Buenaventura received death threats after speaking out against violence that is submerging Colombia’s largest port city on the Pacific coast. In a radio interview, Bishop Ruben Dario…
Buenaventura, Colombia’s biggest port city on the Pacific coast, will always be subjected to mafia terror until “the state takes control for once,” according to the mayor. This would be…