Santos: I put an end to false positives
Partido de la U presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos claimed on Friday that it was he who put an end to the phenomenon of extrajudicial killings by the military during…
Partido de la U presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos claimed on Friday that it was he who put an end to the phenomenon of extrajudicial killings by the military during…
Colombian authorities offer a $10,000 reward for information leading to the capture of “Jeronimo,” a paramilitary leader who recently escaped from house arrest. “It’s a shame that public money needs…
International human rights watchdog Amnesty International says in its annual The State of the World’s Human Rights report that Colombian government security forces, paramilitaries, and guerrillas are all guilty of serious…
Colombia’s Inspector General upheld its suspension against the former governor of Valle, Juan Carlos Abadia, from holding public office for ten years, according to a press release published Tuesday. Juan…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court voted 6 to 2 against holding a referendum on changing the law to impose life imprisonment on those who kill or rape children, LaFM reported Wednesday. The court…
A Nobel prize-winning Argentine and a group of prominent international lawyers say that Colombia must investigate allegations that President Alvaro Uribe’s brother led a paramilitary group, and warned that the…
A Colombian human rights defender was shot dead in the northern department of Sucre on Wednesday, in what appears to be another attack on activists working to protect the rights…
The trial for 73-year-old Italian citizen Paolo Pravisani charged in Colombia with solicitation of prostitution, child pornography, possession of narcotics, and sexual intercourse with a minor, has been postponed for…
Padre “Chucho,” Colombia’s holiest TV personality and a moral authority for millions of Catholic housewives, faces slander charges over comments made in the priest’s morning talk show. Plaintiff Gustavo Rodriguez…