Paramilitary groups remained active in almost one in every five of Colombia’s municipalities after the demobilization of paramilitary organization AUC in 2006, according to a think tank. In its annual…
Multiple illegal armed groups that carry out violent attacks against civilians, security forces, and oil infrastructure are active throughout Colombia. The following maps indicate where think tank Indepaz registered and verified…
The governments of the United States and Colombia are seeking a new bilateral counternarcotics strategy. In a press statement, the so-called Counternarcotics Work Group said officials from both countries have…
Colombia’s victims fund received real estate that was developed by the husband of Vice-President Marta Lucia Ramirez and an alleged drug kingpin, the prosecution said Tuesday. In a press statement,…
Caribbean city Barranquilla has seen a surge in violence as illegal armed groups are vying for control over Colombia’s seaports and container terminals. According to the medical examiner’s office, 204…
Homicides in Buenaventura have surged amid the latest turf war over who controls the Pacific port city with one of Colombia’s largest shipping container terminals. Buenaventura’s authorities reportedly counted 123…
Colombia’s police on Saturday detained a senior drug trafficker for allegedly laundering money for the Sinaloa Cartel. According to local media, Nestor Tarazona was reportedly arrested near Pereira, the capital…
The US Government seems to forget the 93,000 reasons not to send counternarcotics funds to Colombia where the mafia has corrupted government to an extent I have never seen. The…
Colombia’s far-right President Ivan Duque swore the nephew of a convicted drug trafficker in as his new ambassador in the United States on Monday. The new ambassador to Washington DC,…