Tag: massacre
Southwest Colombia furious at security forces after ’15 killed’ in massacre
Fifteen civilians were killed and more than 50 were injured after security forces shot...
More cops for Cali following massacre
The director of Colombia’s National Police has announced 200 policemen will be sent to the southwestern city of Cali to strengthen security after a massacre left eight people dead last Friday, according to El Pais...
Colombia’s Armed Forces ordered to apologize for 1996 paramilitary massacre
Colombia’s National Police and Navy must issue a court-ordered apology for not intervening in the 1996 slaughter of 14 people by paramilitaries in northwestern Colombia, national media reported on Wednesday. The State Council...
Alleged orchestrator of coastal Colombia multiple shooting arrested in Medellin
A gang member believed to be responsible for a recent multiple homicide on Colombia’s...
5 killed, 1 injured in coastal Colombia shooting
Six assailants tore through a birthday party on Colombia’s Caribbean coast in the early...
‘Open and brazen cooperation’ between govt and paramilitaries: Colombia Vice-President
Colombia’s Vice-President has admitted that the government did not stop paramilitary forces...
‘Indigenous family massacred’ in northwest Colombia
Seven members of an indigenous family were allegedly massacred by unknown perpetrators in...
Colombia’s state council condemns army’s complacency in 1998 massacre
Colombia’s state council condemned the inaction of the armed forces in preventing a paramilitary-led massacre of 20 people in the central Colombian department of Meta in May of 1998. The massacre in Caño Jabon, a small...
Victim of Envigado massacre spoke with US authorities
The drug trafficker “El Morro” may have been killed for fear he was about to surrender to U.S. authorities, local media reported on Sunday. The most important member of the “Oficina de Envigado” crime...
Shooting leaves 5 dead in central Colombia
A shooting between family members in Colombia’s capital city of Bogota left five people dead, local media reported Sunday. According to police, the five family members formed part of “Los Pascuales,” a drug trafficking...
Colombia emerald czar linked to AUC massacre: Declassified US cables
A notorious Colombian emerald dealer is accused of perpetrating a massacre of 12 people in southern Colombia in 1997, local media reported on Thursday. According to a declassified United States government report, Victor...
4 assassinated in western Colombia
A massacre in western Colombia adds to the string of violence permeating through the region, local media reported Monday. According to reports, four people were slaughtered in San Juan, Choco near the port city of Buenaventura...
