Colombia’s former army intelligence chief sentenced to 31 years
A court sentenced a former general to 31 years in prison for his role in the 1985 siege and destruction of Colombia’s Palace of Justice in the capital. Bogota’s Superior…
A court sentenced a former general to 31 years in prison for his role in the 1985 siege and destruction of Colombia’s Palace of Justice in the capital. Bogota’s Superior…
Thirty years after demobilizing with rebel group M-19, opposition Senator Gustavo Petro is Colombia’s favorite in the 2022 presidential election race. The chances the Colombia’s voters will make history and…
The popular belief that late drug lord Pablo Escobar ordered and financed the 1985 guerrilla attack on Colombia’s Palace of Justice increasingly appears to be a far-right urban myth. The…
Colombia’s authorities have lied for decades about their intent to rescue hostages in the 1985 Palace of Justice siege that killed almost 100 people, according to a Supreme Court ruling.…
Opponents of Colombian presidential candidate Gustavo Petro dismiss the leftist candidate for having been an M-19 guerrilla, which sound a lot more radical than it was.
Drug trafficking has corrupted Colombia’s armed conflict since the two got entangled in a series of events in 1981 and 1982. On March 13, 1981, two men dragged Martha Ochoa,…
Colombia’s Marxist guerrilla groups killed almost 2,500 civilians in guerrilla attacks carried out during its half a century armed conflict with the state, according to a new study. The National…
The Palace of Justice siege refers to the 1985 occupation of Colombia’s Supreme Court building by M-19 guerrillas, and the subsequent violent military retake that cost the lives of at least a 100 people,…