Former top commanders of the FARC admitted their responsibility for the for guerrillas’ mass kidnapping of civilians on Monday in a historic appearance before Colombia’s war crimes tribunal. For the…
Colombia’s Search Unit for Missing Persons said Monday that demobilized FARC guerrillas have so far provided information on 276 people that disappeared during the armed conflict. The cases relate to…
The anti-kidnapping unit of Colombia’s national army kidnapped a person with the car of the nephew of army chief Nicasio Martinez who commands the unit, according to weekly Semana. The…
Missing FARC leader “Jesus Santrich” on Monday failed to show up at Colombia’s war crimes tribunal that wanted to hear about his role in the mass kidnapping of civilians. Santrich’s…
More than two years into a peace process, Colombia’s transitional justice system is finally set to begin its search for 80,000 people who disappeared during the armed conflict. But with…
“Romaña,” the former FARC commander who has been called the “kidnapping czar” of the demobilized guerrilla group, failed to appear before the war crimes tribunal on Wednesday. The attorney of…
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal on Tuesday suspended hearings of a jailed FARC leader after the prosecution refused the almost blind “Jesus Santrich” access to equipment that would allow him to…
FARC leader Rodrigo Londoño, a.k.a. “Timochenko,” had his first day in court on Thursday to tell Colombia’s war crimes tribunal about his involvement in mass kidnapping during the armed conflict.…
ELN rebels released the three crew members of a helicopter that was taken down in northeastern Colombia last month as it was transporting $500 thousand. The pilot and two employees…