Colombia’s Inspector General has barred Army Lieutenant Nader Guzman Diaz from military service for 20 years for killing a civilian and reporting him as a guerrilla who died in combat, reported…
Three Colombian army soldiers were charged Tuesday with the “false positive” murder of four farmers, who were sho and dressed as guerrillas to up the soldiers’ enemy kill count. The…
Colombia’s highest administrative court, in an unprecedented decision, demands that the army publicly apologize for killing two civilians and dressing them as guerrillas. The State Council has also ordered the…
A Colombian army colonel has been accused of murdering civilians and stealing corpses to simulate the successful killing of a leading neo-paramilitary. Colombia’s Prosecutor General says Colonel Oscar Orlando Gomez…
Five Colombian Army soldiers were charged on Monday with the “false positive” murder of two teenage boys in March 2011, according to Colombian news sources. An international humanitarian law and…
Colombian authorities said Wednesday seven soldiers have been charged in the killing of a comrade who had deserted. According to the Prosecutor general’s Office, the troops reported on December 24,…
Fifteen Colombian army soldiers were sentenced to 25 and 26 years in prison Wednesday for the 2006 murder of five men who were later presented as guerrillas killed in combat.…
Venezuelan politicians have accused former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe of exporting paramilitarism to their country. Diosdado Cabello, vice-president of Hugo Chavez’ United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), told reporters Monday…
Ten soldiers of the Colombian Army were found guilty Wednesday of killing three civilians, then dressing them in guerrilla clothing and registering them as enemy combatants. The soldiers — including a…