Former paramilitary leader Jorge Ivan Laverde, alias “El Iguano,” says fellow former paramilitary leaders are suspending all collaboration with Colombian justice after the Constitutional Court ruled that 17,000 fighters can…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday the government will continue with the reintegration of 17,000 former paramilitary fighters, despite a recent court ruling that struck down their protection from…
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Colombian government both expressed concern over a Colombian Constitutional Court ruling that could halt the suspension of criminal cases against former paramilitaries…
The security situation in Colombia has improved greatly over the last decade as the state has gained more control over the use of violence within its territory; both through combating…
Violence in the department of Cordoba has been increasing, according to a report from Verdad Abierta. Numerous labor and union leaders, as well as those fighting for land to be…
Colombia appoints Supreme Court Judge Ivan Velasquez to oversee the testimony of paramilitaries in U.S. jails. After meeting with U.S. officials, Colombian Minister of the Interior and Justice German Vargas…
A government report on the demobilization and reintegration of guerrillas and paramilitaries shows that of the 50,000 demobilized fighters, only 5,000 were able to find a job, and 10,000 returned…
In a letter addressed to Organization of American States head Jose Miguel Insulza, a committee of jailed paramilitaries call for “urgent” reform to Colombia’s Justice and Peace law, claiming that…
Chilean sculptor Francisco Gazitua will construct a monument to the victims of Colombia’s paramilitaries out of 18,000 weapons handed in during the process of demobilization, reports El Tiempo. Forty-five tons of…