Colombia’s Omdusman Volmar Perez Sunday expressed concern about death threats, massacres and forced displacement committed by illegal armed groups in the north-west Colombian department of Cordoba. Perez said that the…
President Alvaro Uribe said he was concerned about a Facebook group called “I will kill Jeronimo Uribe, son of Alvaro Uribe,” but did not “harbour hatred or resentment” towards its alleged…
The alleged creator of the Facebook group, “I will kill Jeronimo Uribe, son of Alvaro Uribe,” was released from home detention by a Bogota judge, because the legal deadline for…
U.S.-based NGO the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) says it received a second death threat in as many months from Colombian paramilitary group the “Aguilas Negras.” WOLA, whose focus…
Colombian authorities reinforced security measures for Bogota judge Stella Jara, who is in charge of the trial against retired army colonel Alfonso Plazas Vega, due to reports that judicial figure is…
Polo Democratico’s vice presidential candidate said Wednesday that his running mate Gustavo Petro is the object of another assassination plot. “Two sources informed us of an armed car bomb… and of…
The Washington Post reveals allegations by Spanish Judge Eloy Velasco that the FARC guerrilla group asked Spain’s ETA to assassinate Colombian presidential candidate Antanas Mockus. In an article on Venezuelan…
Colombian authorities say that that U.S. intelligence agency the FBI is investigating death threats posted on a Facebook group against presidential candidate Antanas Mockus, and have identified the IP address of…
Colombian authorities Wednesday announced new security measures, including the addition of 500 police, to protect candidates in the lead-up to the presidential elections. Minister for the Interior Fabio Valencia Cossio…