Armed groups in poorer parts of Medellin are killing and displacing thousands, said civil society groups Tuesday. City authorities recorded 1,026 homicides and 8387 instances of forced displacement in January…
A group claiming to be part of the neo-paramilitary “Urabeños” warned stores located on the campus of Medellin’s University of Antioquia campus that if they do not pay a “war…
Homicides in Colombia’s second largest city Medellin are on a steady rebound after showing a decline for two consecutive years. While the number of homicides between January and October this…
Medellin seems on the brink of a new period of extreme violence. No immediate solution to these waves of violence exists, but unless we resign ourselves to being a regular…
Gangs from the west of Medellin on Friday killed a rapper, two weeks after the assassination of another singer and the displacement of some 60 hip hop artists over death…
Sixty Medellin musicians are trying to return to their city after the recent murder of a rapper and subsequent death threats forced them to flee. The members of the groups…
Facing information about a supposed massive displacement of youth from the Comuna 13 last week that was made public in the media, social, community and human rights organizations, together with…
Four people were killed in combat between gangs and police in western Medellin on Monday. Fighting broke out in two of the city’s western districts; in the Comuna 13, one…
While Medellin mayor Anibal Gaviria prefers to come up with any number showing a declining murder rate and ignores ongoing forced disappearances and an increasing number of cases of forced…