Colombia’s police sent its brutal anti-riot unit ESMAD to Mocoa to vacate a plot occupied by homeless survivors of a natural disaster that killed hundreds and nearly destroyed the town three weeks ago,…
Colombia’s congress is debating whether to disband its ESMAD anti-riot police force following reports of excessive levels of violence against the public.
Hundreds of displacement victims were cleared from Bogota’s Plaza Bolivar, where they had been gathering in act of protest, national media reported Wednesday.
Colombia’s Ministry of Interior announced that more than 120 people have been injured as a result of recent confrontations between protesters and riot police during the ongoing nationwide agrarian strikes.
Rural protests that kicked off across Colombia last week have turned violent over the weekend in the southwest of the country, protest organizers and authorities said Monday.
Two journalists covering a land eviction in northern Colombia were attacked by anti-riot police (ESMAD), causing injuries and the “censure” of materials, according to a the Foundation for Press Liberty…
Amnesty International (AI) claimed on Tuesday that indigenous leaders involved in ongoing protests throughout Colombia have received death threats with the intent of “social cleansing” from paramilitary groups.
Colombia’s Minister of Defense announced Thursday that 1,500 troops will be added to the controversial anti-riot police force (ESMAD) before the end of the calendar year.
Ongoing violence related to protests and roadblocks in Colombia’s countryside has left 4 dead and 50 injured, as well as resulting in the temporary detention of 27 police officers, according…