287 Colombian judicial officers have been assassinated and hundreds more were subjected to violence and intimidation over the past 20 years, the association of judicial employees said Friday. Over the past…
A former paramilitary commander was sentenced to 22 years in jail on Thursday for the kidnapping, torture, and disappearance of a mayor in 2003. Edilson Cifuentes Hernandez, alias “Richard,” former…
The number of “disappeared” in Colombia may be far higher than the official figure of 51,000, according to a report from the Latin America Working Group Education Fund (LAWG) and the…
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says that Colombia should use alternative, cheaper methods to identify bodies other than DNA testing, reports Terra. “Colombian law is very clear…
Some 50,000 Colombians have gone missing over the past decades. In a series on the tragedy that has destroyed many families, Colombia Reports focuses first on a group of mothers…
Finally, almost a quarter of a century after his crimes, a judge has sentenced former army Colonel Alfonso Plazas Vega to 30 years in prison. This is the first judicial…
Over 18,200 Colombians went missing during 2009, up from almost 15,700 in 2008, according to an annual report issued by Colombia’s forensics agency, Medicina Legal, Radio Santa Fe reported Wednesday. The…
Over the last three years the Prosecutor’s Office has receved reports of the forced disappearances of 27,384 people, victims of armed rebel groups. The latest report from by the Justice…