New waves of violence have emerged from the fragmentation of Colombia’s neo-paramilitary groups and drug cartels, concentrated in Colombia’s central region and Caribbean and Pacific coasts but is present in all...
Colombian Prosecutor General Viviane Morales said that members of the country’s public forces are being investigated for suspected ties with criminal bands in some parts of the Antioquian city Medellin. Morales said that...
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos presented the “Plan Troya Pacifico,” a new course of action to combat criminal drug trafficking bands in the southwestern departments of Nariño, Cauca and Valle del Cauca, on...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported that over 1,800 civilians have fled their homes in a series of recent mass displacements in western Colombia. According to a Wednesday UNHCR press release,...
A university law student was murdered Thursday in the municipality of Montelibano, Cordoba department, while on break from school. The student, Juan Carlos Ramirez, who attended the Universidad del Sinu, was vacationing on his...
The Indigenous Organization of Antioquia (OIA) has denounced murders and harm to indigenous community members that have occurred over the past two weeks, Caracol Radio reported Wednesday. The most recent occurrence reported by...
