Demobilized FARC commander Elda Neyis “Karina” Mosquera Garcia, who was named as “manager of peace” by former President Alvaro Uribe, has confessed to 218 crimes, including multiple homicides and kidnapping,…
A total of 217 guerrillas demobilized in August according to the Program for Humanitarian Attention for the Demobilized (PAHD), El Espectador reports. The central Colombian department of Cundinamarca registered 34…
Testimony by a former member of Colombian guerrilla group the FARC reveals that for at least the last two decades the organization has developed “an extensive network” for smuggling drugs…
Indigenous leaders in Colombia’s south-western Valle del Cauca department allege that demobilized paramilitary group the AUC sent them threatening leaflets, declaring them to be “enemies” and military targets, reports to El Espectador. Thirty-six leaders…
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Thursday said that demobilized paramilitaries should not be extradited until they have participated in the Justice and Peace process, which involves confessing to human rights abuses…
A former guerrilla, who killed FARC leader “Ivan Rios” before turning himself in to Colombian authorities, asked the Electoral Commission to allow him to register his bid for the Senate.…
The Prosecutor General is investigating 155,977 murders committed over the last 20 years based on information supplied by close to 4,000 demobilized guerrillas and paramilitaries participating the Justice and Peace…
A group of 11 Colombians, among them eight former rebels, is preparing to conquer stages in Madrid and London with music. The tour, which begins Friday, is called “Sing with…
The relatives of demobilized paramilitary bosses are picking up where their predecessors left off by forming new criminal groups, according to Colombian newspaper El Tiempo. Sons and nephews have inherited the…