Increase in guerrillas surrendering abroad
The number of Colombian guerrillas surrendering to authorities in neighboring countries has increased. Of some 1,000 rebels who have demobilized this year, at least 30 handed themselves in to authorities…
The number of Colombian guerrillas surrendering to authorities in neighboring countries has increased. Of some 1,000 rebels who have demobilized this year, at least 30 handed themselves in to authorities…
A new study by Bogota’s Manuela Beltran University shows that 20 per cent of Colombia paramilitaries and guerrillas who have laid down their arms are at risk of returning to…
A total of 191 FARC and ELN guerrillas demobilized in June, according to the Colombian Defense Ministry’s Program for Humanitarian Attention for the Demobilized (PAHD), Efe reports. Of the demobilized…
Almost 2,000 demobilized paramilitaries have requested increased security measures from the Colombian government following assassination attempts and threats against them, reports El Tiempo. Authorities report that many of the threats…
Some 2,335 women have demobilized from illegal armed groups since 2006, many of them in order to have children, according to the Defense Ministry’s Office for Humanitarian Aid to the…
Colombian authorities arrested Hector Jose Buitrago, alias “El Patron,” believed to be one of the founders of the Centauros bloc of demobilized paramilitary coalition the AUC, in the eastern department…
Despite hopes for peace, following the the mass-demobilization of Colombia’s most notorious paramilitary group the AUC, violence in Colombia’s northern department of Cordoba remains widespread, as neo paramilitary forces fill…
The Colombian Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a U.S. request for the extradition of demobilized paramilitary boss Edwar “Diego Vecino” Tellez Cobos, saying he must first comply with the terms…
Former paramilitary leader and drug trafficker “Don Mario” offered to hand over the names of 6,000 paramilitaries belonging to his organization, in exchange for the Supreme Court overturning his extradition…