Nineteen members of the Colombian Army were convicted of killing 15 civilians and falsely presenting them as leftist guerrilla members between 2007 and 2008, reported newspaper El Tiempo Monday. The…
Colombia refused to cooperate with a Belgian investigation against the South American country, its former president, Alvaro Uribe, and its now-defunct intelligence agency DAS over the alleged illegal spying on European…
The prosecutor general will investigate claims that the indigenous protests in southwest Colombia are FARC infiltrated, local media reported Wednesday. The investigative arm of Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office, the CTI,…
Frequent gas leaks caused by global oil company Omega Energy threatened thousands of lives in a central Colombian town, the department’s mining and energy secretary said Thursday. Mining and Energy…
Henchmen of Pablo Escobar who have avoided prosecution may finally end up behind bars, thanks to a new report saying his Medellin cartel committed crimes against humanity, local media reported Friday. Colombia’s…
Clara Rojas, a former FARC hostage who ran as Ingrid Betancourt’s presidential running mate, was named director of a prominent Colombian anti-kidnapping NGO Thursday. Rojas, one of the guerrilla group’s…
Human rights defenders in Colombia still face grave danger despite an improved public discourse, according to an international report released Monday. The report issued by the US Office on Colombia…
Colombian authorities revealed Wednesday a pamphlet from a group calling itself the “Anti-Restitution Army” had issued death threats to 13 human rights supporters in the country. The obscenity-laden document called…
Colombia’s Minister of Trade, Commerce and signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union in Brussels on Tuesday, President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed in an official statement. “Today…