62 bodies found in southwest Colombia mass grave
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office found in the southwestern part of the country a mass grave with the remains of some 62 people who might have been victims of paramilitary groups, local…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office found in the southwestern part of the country a mass grave with the remains of some 62 people who might have been victims of paramilitary groups, local…
At least 18 bodies were found in three mass graves in a rural, war-stricken area in southwestern Colombia. The remains are thought to be of victims of a guerrilla massacre that took…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office announced Tuesday it has located mass graves belonging to the AUC, formerly the country’s largest paramilitary group, containing at least 150 remains. A committee of the…
Colombian authorities said Tuesday it was likely that the FARC cemetery discovered in southern Colombia contains the remains of military personnel. According to General Alejandro Navas, commander of the armed…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe claimed that the “mouthpieces of terrorism” are attempting to discredit the country’s security forces, following allegations made by opposition Senator Piedad Cordoba and a group of…
Colombia’s prosecutor general is considering suspending the exhumation of the bodies of victims of paramilitary violence, due to concerns for the safety of officials working in the field, El Espectador…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has since 2005 exhumed the remains of 2,778 people from 2,226 mass graves throughout the country. In compliance with the 2005 Justice and Peace Law, the…
An alliance was proposed between several Colombian departments in order to identify some 1,000 nameless bodies that over the years have been swept down the river Cauca and lie in…
Former paramilitary leader John Jairo ‘Betun’ Rentería Zuñiga, of the Sur del Putumayo paramilitary group has told prosecutors that there are allegedly 800 bodies of those murdered by the group…