Duque vows to help clarify disappearance of Juan Fernando Quintero’s dad after fight with Colombia’s army chief
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque on Tuesday vowed to help soccer star Juan Fernando Quintero...
Tag: Forced Disappearance
What does Colombia’s new army chief know about Juan Fernando Quintero’s missing dad?
The father of Juan Fernando Quintero disappeared after an alleged fight with his superior in 1995....
Bogota police under intense scrutiny after disappearing student
Multiple Bogota journalists and human rights organizations are looking for a student who was...
Victims ‘are very happy’ with Colombia justice deal
A Colombian victims’ organization said that victims “are very happy” with...
‘Disappeared: the Right to Know’ Red Cross missing persons campaign launched in Colombia
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Colombia launched its “Disappeared:...
Over 5000 bodies exhumed in Colombia since 2007
In the last 6 years, Colombia’s Justice and Peace Unit have dug up the remains of more than 5,000 bodies, many of whom are thought to be victims of the country’s armed conflict, according to Caracol Radio. The information was...
363 people disappeared in Choco since 2011
More than 350 people have disappeared since January 2011 in Colombia’s most western department Choco, newspaper El Tiempo reported Sunday. According to the daily, local media and human rights defenders blamed “Los...
Santoyo’s victims seek justice from US
The families of two Colombian human rights workers are demanding an investigation from the United States into the disappearance of their relatives in 2000. The Human Rights Unit on Friday sent the U.S. Attorney Office details of...
Santoyo ‘ordered forced disappearance of human rights workers’
Former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe’s ex-chief of security allegedly ordered the forced disappearance of two human rights workers while working in Medellin, reported radio station Caracol Wednesday. Retired general and...
Colombian court jails 19 soldiers for murdering civilians
A Colombian court sentenced 19 members of the military to between four and 27 years in prison for the murder of 15 indigenous and disabled people, newspaper El Tiempo reported Tuesday. The 19 soldiers, from the Boyaca...
Colombian land rights campaigner and son disappear
A land rights campaigner and his teenage son have been disappeared by “paramilitaries” in the northwest of Colombia, an NGO said Monday. Manuel Ruiz, a community leader in the Pacific coastal department of Choco, and...
UN calls for reclassification of many of Colombia’s unidentified dead
United Nations representative Christian Salazar called on Colombia to investigate cases of unidentified persons killed in combat, who he claimed should be reclassified, Caracol Radio reported Friday. Salazar commended the...
