The newly-installed commander of Colombia’s armed forces asked his country on Tuesday to not stigmatize the military after a series of ongoing accusations of human rights violations, corruption and illegal…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has issued 15 arrest warrants following recent investigations into corruption within the Armed Forces.
The US Department of State has criticized Colombia for an inefficient judiciary, forced displacement, corruption, and social discrimination in its annual Human Rights Report on Thursday.
A member of the Human Rights Unit of the Prosecutor General’s Office asked the Colombian Supreme Court to investigate the involvement of former governors and military leaders in the 1998…
Colombia’s defense minister on Monday was accused of possible fraud in the suspiciously cheap purchase of his family apartment from an army contractor.
The former Governor of the western Colombian state of Choco was arrested Friday on suspected ties to paramilitary groups active in the region, one of Colombia’s poorest and most conflict-stricken,…
An investigative commission from the Colombian House of Representatives claimed Thursday to have uncovered the origins of leaks that broke a recent military corruption scandal, reported national media.
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos announced Tuesday that Armed Forces commander General Leonardo Barrero will be replaced amid an accumulation of corruption, wiretapping and human rights scandals.
Colombia’s Defense Minister requested Monday that an audit of the National Army be carried out by the impartial Comptroller General’s Office.