Southwest Colombia indigenous community detains 27 soldiers on murder charges
Indigenous guards in the southwest of Colombia have detained 27 soldiers following the murder of a former governor of a local reserve.
Indigenous guards in the southwest of Colombia have detained 27 soldiers following the murder of a former governor of a local reserve.
Colombian army generals are suspected of embezzling millions of dollars from military budgets, El Tiempo newspaper reported Sunday, creating another military corruption scandal.
Colombia will contribute 5,000 to the UN military peacekeeping force in a gradual deployment over the next three years, President Juan Manuel Santos announced Monday.
A recently closed transitional justice deal between the government and FARC rebels will not adequately punish perpetrators of war crimes committed during the country’s armed conflict, according to Human Right Watch.
The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court has welcomed a justice deal between the Colombian government and Marxist guerrilla group the FARC that was signed earlier this week.
Colombia’s defense minister and the country’s military command on Thursday said that a transitional justice agreement between the government and FARC rebel group is “the most important news in one hundred years.”
Guerrillas, soldiers and politicians who refuse to cooperate with Colombia’s transitional justice risk prison sentences of up to 20 years if found guilty of war crimes in the event of…
Violence related to Colombia’s armed conflict has fallen to its lowest level since 1975 thanks to the current peace talks between the government and rebel group the FARC, according to a local think-tank.
A former guerrilla from the now defunct EPL was arrested following months of searching by the Colombian authorities.