UN reports mass displacement in southwest Colombia
More than 400 indigenous people have been forced to flee their homes in western Colombia following combat between the military and an illegal armed group near the port city of Buenaventura.
More than 400 indigenous people have been forced to flee their homes in western Colombia following combat between the military and an illegal armed group near the port city of Buenaventura.
A European Union (EU) delegation met with experts and NGOs in Colombia’s capital Bogota on Thursday to seek ideas on how to better protects displaced Colombians seeking land restitution, according the Spanish news…
Some 15,000 Colombians have been internally displaced each month since peace talks between the FARC rebel group and the government began two years ago, according to the United Nations.
The former governor of the coastal state of Cordoba has pleaded guilty to facilitating land theft, displacement and working with paramilitaries in hopes of acquiring benefits during sentencing.
“Attention!!! A social cleansing group is requested by good citizens and will begin operations in the municipality,” read the first sentence of a pamphlet which forced the second displacement of at…
According to recent statements by the UN, there are currently over 400,000 displaced Colombians seeking refuge abroad, local media reported Monday.
Colombian authorities announced on Thursday that Venezuela captured former AUC paramilitary commander Omar Montero Martinez, alias “Codazzi,” who is accused of stealing up to 25,000 acres from farmers in northern Colombia.
Authorities claim to have captured the head of a local criminal offshoot responsible for the notorious “chop houses” in Buenaventura, Colombia’s largest Pacific port city, reported national media Wednesday.
Colombia is home to one of the world’s largest populations of displaced people, according to a study by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).