Colombia’s inspector general said Tuesday he will investigate whether controversial National Army commander Nicacio Martinez should be removed over “unsettling” orders to double combat kills and captures. Inspector General Fernando…
Colombia’s security forces are allegedly intimidating and threatening members who try to talk to media or the country’s war crimes tribunal about military war crimes. Last week, local media and…
Evidence obtained by the Associated Press links Colombia’s national army commander to seven homicides that would add to the 23 he was already linked to by Human Rights Watch. The…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque said Friday that the army orders to double the number of combat kills and captures would be reviewed after growing concerns they would incentivize the killing…
Human Rights Watch and several journalists said on Wednesday that the Colombian military is trying to find out who “told the truth” to the New York Times about a new…
The commander of Colombia’s army said Tuesday that he would change instructions for his troops after a wave of criticism the current instruction threatens the lives of civilians. In an…
Instead of informing the public about concerns that military orders put civilians’ lives at risk, Colombia’s leading weekly Semana reportedly informed President Ivan Duque. According to political website La Silla…
A high-ranking army general was reportedly told to “join the guerrillas” by an alleged superior after he apologized to a community in northeast Colombia for the murder of a demobilized…
Mid-level commanders, soldiers and documentary evidence have confirmed a New York Times story that reported that Colombia’s army chief put pressure on troops to double the number of kills and…