Colombia’s army defends generals accused of killing civilians
The commander of the Colombian army defended nine top army personnel under investigation for their complicity in a scandal involving the murder of thousands of civilians.
The commander of the Colombian army defended nine top army personnel under investigation for their complicity in a scandal involving the murder of thousands of civilians.
A criminal court in central Colombia has sentenced six soldiers to 40 years in prison each for their part in false positive murders of civilians.
Former Colombian Army Colonel Luis Fernando Borja confessed to 50 extrajudicial killings, known as “false positives,” reported local media Tuesday. Borja’s admission was part of his confession to the 2008 murder…
Colombia’s Inspector General’s office has dismissed five soldiers for the extrajudicial killing of a FARC militant. The soldiers, from the Army’s Ninth Brigade, have also been banned from public service…
The Office for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) confirmed Tuesday in Bogota that a graveyard located in La Macarena, in Colombia’s south-east Meta department contains at least 446…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office issued arrest warrants for seven soldiers, including a lieutenant, suspected of killing a farmer in the country’s northern Sucre department and presenting him as a rebel killed…
Colombian journalist Felipe Zuleta announced Thursday that he plans to take Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to the International Criminal Court over the army’s extrajudicial killings of civilians who they then…
A report released by U.S. NGO the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) finds an “alarming link” between Colombian military units that received U.S. funding and cases of extrajudicial killings or “false…
Colombia’s prosecutor general is investigating 150,000 murders by paramilitary groups, making the previous official figure of 30,000 killings by paramilitaries a severe underestimate, according to Father Javier Giraldo, of Colombian…