Army commanders appointed by Colombia’s President Ivan Duque are dragging the military through an almost endless slew of corruption scandals. The latest scandal involves General Jorge Eduardo Mora, the commander…
Corrupt elements within Colombia’s security forces sold arms and explosives to multiple illegal armed groups, including guerrilla group ELN, according to the prosecution. The prosecution has discovered at least two…
A Bogota court ordered disciplinary measures against Colombia’s National Army chief after finding him in contempt for failing to release public information about contracts with private oil and mining firms.…
Colombia’s prosecution has defended the conduct of the nephew of Colombia’s army chief who is implicated in a kidnapping case, according to newspaper Colombiano. The statement made at the request…
Human Rights Watch accused Colombia’s President Ivan Duque of promoting nine alleged war criminals who are “credibly implicated in extrajudicial executions and other abuses.” Among the suspected war criminals, the…
Colombia’s National Army has begun a major organizational reform, eliminating entire Special Task Forces and reforming the vast majority of regional divisions, Caracol Radio reported Wednesday. Of Colombia’s 8 military divisions, the entire…
Colombia’s military signaled readiness to deploy troops to Afghanistan as it hopes to expand its role abroad in international peacekeeping missions through NATO and the UN, reported El Colombiano newspaper on Sunday. The…
Three people suspected to be guerrillas from Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, were captured Monday while hoarding nearly $585,000 in plastic barrels, according to Colombia’s National Army.
A military operation carried out over the weekend left 12 alleged guerrillas dead in northwest Colombia, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Defense.