Colombia’s military played down proven ties with now-defunct paramilitary organization AUC in a report sent to the Truth Commission, according to newspaper El Espectador. In a report, the military acknowledged…
Public support for Colombia’s security forces has dropped to a historic low less than a year after notoriously inept Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo took office. The defense minister was…
Colombia’s Supreme Court confirmed that military intelligence was fabricating ties between opposition Senator Gustavo Bolivar and guerrilla group ELN. Bolivar, a former script writer, was one of at least 130…
At least nine members of the military were killed and six injured when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in eastern Colombia. Two soldiers were still listed as missing on Tuesday…
A judge on Tuesday ordered Colombia’s Defense Ministry to release all the army’s intelligence files on journalists, lawmakers and Supreme Court magistrates. Opposition House Representative Katherine Miranda (Green Alliance) successfully…
The Medellin Police Department and Colombia’s 4th Army Brigade played a key role in the Medellin Cartel and the formation of what is now known as the Oficina de Envigado.…
Less than a week after Colombia’s Congress approved a controversial bill allowing life imprisonment for child rapists, seven soldiers plead guilty to gang-raping a 13-year-old indigenous girl. The soldiers plead…
Top officials of Colombia’s security forces are suspected of arms trafficking for organized crime groups, weekly Semana reported on Thursday. A network within the 4th Brigade in Medellin, the Arms…
The mafia that has infiltrated Colombia’s military has been sending death threats to police officials who are investigating them, newspaper El Espectador reported on Saturday. The death threats sent to…