Kidnapping in Colombia | Fact sheet
Colombia once broke global kidnapping records, but the ongoing deescalation of the armed conflict and improved law enforcement has made the practice a minor threat for public security. The practice…
Colombia once broke global kidnapping records, but the ongoing deescalation of the armed conflict and improved law enforcement has made the practice a minor threat for public security. The practice…
Leaders of Colombian rebel group FARC made their first court appearance on Friday to respond for war crimes committed in a 54-year-long civil conflict that has killed more than 265,000…
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal has called 31 former guerrilla commanders of the FARC to trial over their alleged role in the kidnapping of thousands of people, the court announced Friday.…
The family of a couple that was kidnapped in northern Ecuador in April traveled to Colombia on Wednesday to verify if their loved ones were murdered by FARC dissidents. The…
A judge in Ecuador has ordered the arrest of former President Rafael Correa, who is accused of trying to kidnap an opponent who had sought refuge in Colombia. Because Correa…
Guerrillas of the EPL said Tuesday that they have captured six ELN members group in northeast Colombia where the two illegal armed groups are fighting. A video sent to local…
Two Ecuadorean journalists and their driver who were kidnapped in the north of their country last week appear to be held hostage in Colombia. But this is denied by the…
Members of Colombia’s last-standing rebel group, the ELN, kidnapped an oil worker after a ceasefire expired and the guerrillas resumed hostilities. According to the National Police, the contractor of state-run…
Three demobilized FARC members were reported missing on Tuesday after a group of alleged paramilitaries raided a farm in Remedios, Antioquia the former guerrillas were tending. The armed men also…