At least 20 women and children were injured when riot police attacked indigenous protesters in Colombia’s capital Bogota, the local ombudsman said Thursday. Riot police unit ESMAD attacked the protesters…
The United States House of Representatives passed a bill that banned American defense funds for the aerial spraying of coca, the base ingredient of cocaine, in Colombia. The bill that…
Authorities are reluctant to investigate evidence indicating that Cali police and Colombia’s largest supermarket chain Exito conspired to cover up crimes against humanity. The accusations followed a night of violence…
Members of US Congress called on the government of President Joe Biden to suspend all aid to Colombia’s police, which is being accused of gross human rights violations to quell…
Colombia’s Defense Minister defended his country’s anti-riot police unit ESMAD after the United Nations urged a “profound transformation” and investigation into human rights violations. In an interview with Blu Radio,…
Police in Colombia’s capital Bogota detained almost 12,000 people during last year’s anti-government protests “to criminalize” them, according to a human rights NGO. During a debate about the police’s abuse…
Protesters clashed with riot police in Bogota on Thursday, hours after the new mayor of Colombia’s capital announced a strategy to avoid violent police intervention in peaceful protests. The clashes…
The United Nations has questioned a court decision to let the country’s notoriously ineffective military justice system prosecute a cop who admitted killing a peaceful protester. According to the UN’s…
The cop who admitted murdering a high-school student during Colombia’s anti-government protests contradicted evidence and previous statements in his defense on Sunday. El Tiempo, the newspaper of President Ivan Duque’s…