Women and children injured as Bogota police attacks indigenous
At least 20 women and children were injured when riot police attacked indigenous protesters in...
Tag: ESMAD
US House blocks defense funds for Colombia’s coca spraying
The United States House of Representatives passed a bill that banned American defense funds for...
Is Colombia’s largest supermarket chain covering up police atrocities?
Authorities are reluctant to investigate evidence indicating that Cali police and Colombia’s...
US lawmakers want to suspend aid to Colombia’s police
Members of US Congress called on the government of President Joe Biden to suspend all aid to...
Colombia’s defense minister defends loathed police unit after crushing UN report
Colombia’s Defense Minister defended his country’s anti-riot police unit ESMAD after...
Colombia ‘unlawfully detained’ 12,000 during anti-government protests in Bogota alone
Police in Colombia’s capital Bogota detained almost 12,000 people during last year’s...
Bogota’s anti-police brutality protocol put to the test on day one
Protesters clashed with riot police in Bogota on Thursday, hours after the new mayor of...
UN clashes with Colombia over cop who killed peaceful protester
The United Nations has questioned a court decision to let the country’s notoriously...
Cop who admittedly murdered Bogota protester contradicts evidence in charm offensive
The cop who admitted murdering a high-school student during Colombia’s anti-government...
Colombia’s embattled police chief says student demands same as guerrillas’
Colombia’s embattled police chief said Wednesday that a demand by student leaders to...
ESMAD: Is Colombia’s loathed anti-riot police unit on the way out?
The days of Colombia’s loathed anti-riot police unit ESMAD may be numbered after its brutal...
Medellin police attack students hours after mayor praises peaceful anti-government protests
Medellin police attacked students on Thursday hours after the mayor praised the residents of...
