Colombia’s army can’t seem to shake a decades-old habit of covering up extrajudicial executions by claiming having guerrillas killed in combat. On Wednesday, a press statement from a farmers’ association…
Soldiers who have reported corruption or human rights violations by Colombia’s army commanders have suffered assassination attempts, death threats and constant persecution, according to weekly Semana. Officers are additionally shadowed…
Former army Colonel Hernan Mejia was twice named “Best Soldier of the Americas,” but has since become one of the most feared war criminals in Colombia. Mejia submitted to the…
Colombia’s State Council ordered the Defense Ministry on Wednesday to prevent human rights violations in army operations amid concerns that army orders could revive the mass killing of innocent civilians.…
General Mario Montoya, who former President Alvaro Uribe considers a national hero, is being exposed by his former subordinates as one of the cruelest and most bloodthirsty war criminals in…
Colombia’s so-called “false positives” scandal is centered around the extrajudicial killings of thousands of civilians by the military that dressed their victims as guerrillas to present them as combat kills…
Colombia’s security forces continue to present murdered civilians as members of illegal armed groups killed in combat, according to the United Nations’ human rights chief. According to the UN High…
Despite mounting controversy over alleged corruption and war crimes, Colombia’s congress voted in favor of a promotion of the country’s national army commander. A motion to block the promotion was…
The UN lashed out at Colombia’s president Ivan Duque on Tuesday, accusing his government of “inciting violence” against demobilized FARC rebels. In an extraordinarily harsh statement, UN Special Rapporteur on…