Demobilized paramilitaries, who are not fulfilling their obligations under the Justice and Peace Law, should lose their right to shorter sentences, according to Colombia’s Prosecutor General Thursday. The former members…
“Operation Bethlehem” will create beacons and paths of light to guide demobilizing FARC guerrillas out of the jungle, said the Colombian army’s ad agency Thursday. The operation, a joint effort…
Allegedly defected FARC guerrillas have said the FARC’s “best kept secret is the number and where their hostages are hidden in their possession,” Noticias Uno reported Sunday. According to one…
The veteran leader of FARC’s Abelardo Romero Front demobilized Wednesday along with his girlfriend, reported Colombia’s defense ministry. Nelson Ruiz, alias “Gonzalo Gondola”, the purported leader of FARC’s Abelardo Romero…
A former commander of the now-demobilized paramilitary group AUC will face punishment for the kidnapping of Piedad Cordoba, reported local media Friday. A Colombian judge has ordered ex-paramilitary leader Ivan Roberto…
Police have captured one of Colombia’s most wanted killers in the country’s second largest city Medellin. Medellin authorities have detained alias, “Araña” or “Spider,” who was reportedly one of the…
Colombia’s armed forces will not permit the ascension of FARC successor groups if the upcoming peace talks prove successful, claimed the defense minister Thursday. “If at the end we are…
Eight alleged FARC members, three of which are minors, have surrendered to Colombia’s army, local media reported. According to Caracol Radio, the FARC members voluntarily laid down their arms and…
A former paramilitary leader named retired Colombian army generals as complicit in massacres in the northern Norte de Santander province during the late 1990s, reported El Tiempo Monday. Former AUC paramilitary leader Salvatore…