Authorities to militarize north Colombia to isolate violence
The northern Colombian city of Riohacha is to be militarized in an attempt to isolate criminal gangs and generally improve safety in the area, reported local media on Tuesday. Riohacha…
The northern Colombian city of Riohacha is to be militarized in an attempt to isolate criminal gangs and generally improve safety in the area, reported local media on Tuesday. Riohacha…
Ten Colombian military officers were barred for allegedly torturing 21 fellow soldiers as a part of counter-guerrilla training, reported RCN television network on Tuesday. According to RCN, the soldiers were…
Colombia’s government has failed to stop and punish sexual violence against women, according to Amnesty International Thursday. The Colombian authorities must do more to address the ongoing sexual violence against…
3,000 cartridges of 7.62 millimeter caliber have been discovered and seized by the military in Colombia’s southern department of Huila. According to a military report, the thousands of cartridges belonged…
Colombia’s armed forces have killed six guerrillas, including the leader of the FARC’s 37th front, reported local media Thursday. A bombing operation near the village Cuchilla de Osos, in the…
The Colombian armed forces have wrested a trove of explosives and other war materials from FARC guerrillas in a series of raids in the country’s southwestern jungles, reported newscast CM&…
The jailed ex-security chief of former president Alvaro Uribe is willing to officially testify against his old boss and other senior officials, claimed W Radio Wednesday. Uribe’s former chief of…
The Colombian army has killed a commander of the FARC’s 10th front in the eastern province of Arauca, reported local media Sunday. FARC commander William Alexander Salazar Acosta, better known by…
The mothers of 19 young men on Sunday commemorated the death of their sons whose extrajudicial execution unleashed investigations into the killing of some 3,000 civilians at the hands of…