Colombia’s comptroller has called for an investigation of the Ministry of Agriculture for allegedly submitting false figures, reported local media Monday. The comptroller entity transferred evidence to the Prosecutor General’s…
Two suspected members of the neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños” were arrested Monday in northwestern Colombia for their alleged involvement in the 2010 murder of a land rights activist. Diego Alfonso…
Colombia’s Supreme Court struck down a man’s land restitution claim after determining it to be false, local media reported Friday. The court’s criminal chamber refused to return the property of…
Unidentified men have stolen a computer belonging to a national victims organization containing 4,500 names of displaced land claimants, Caracol Radio reported Thursday. According to the radio station, thieves broke…
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…
A confrontation between indigenous people and farmers in southwestern Colombia injured fourteen people, Radio Caracol reported Thursday. The clash occurred at midnight on Tuesday and was apparently the result of…
Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani indirectly criticized the Colombian president’s plan to give 100,000 houses to the country’s poorest citizens, saying that people do not value objects they obtain…
One year after the signing of Colombia’s Victims Law, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos urged victims to be patient and asked for more time for their compensation and restitution of…
The number of “free” homes provided to impoverished families in rural Colombia could triple next year, the minister in charge of implementing the new initiative has said. The Ministry of…