In an interview with Colombian newspaper El Espectador on Thursday, U.S. Ambassador to Colombia William Brownfield talked about his country’s military base agreement with Colombia, the pending Free Trade Agreement, the…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Thursday he has received information accusing an army brigade of involvement in the illegal drug trade, reports Colombian media. The Colombian president said that he had…
The ombudsman of the Colombian department of Caqueta, Alvaro Castelblanco Cardoso, warned Thursday that the population of his department is “under siege” both by the armed forces and by illegally…
Authorities from the central Colombian department of Cundinamarca on Friday announced the release of sixteen members of the national army who were being investigated for committing extrajudicial murder of a…
The Prosecutor General’s Office is pressing charges against fifteen military personnel who stand accused of killing three men and presenting their bodies as FARC combatants killed in battle. The fifteen…
In a meeting with the mothers of citizens killed in Soacha’s “false positives” scandal, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe promised government support for pursuing the cases against those accused of the…
The Colombian Council of State on Tuesday ruled that one army captain and two sergeants convicted of committing “false positive” killings must pay back the money they received as payment…
New threats have been made against the mothers of soldiers accused of Soacha’s ‘false positives’ murders, as well as against the municipality’s ombudsman, reported radio station Caracol on Tuesday. It…
The Colombian military on Monday was found guilty of another “false positive” murder, and the state must pay $75,000 in damages to the victim’s family. Six years ago, the military…