Colombia’s security forces continue to present murdered civilians as members of illegal armed groups killed in combat, according to the United Nations’ human rights chief. According to the UN High…
In a further embarrassment to President Ivan Duque, his repressive drug policy was unravelled and ruined by a Medellin law student’s school exercise. Colombia’s Constitutional Court ruled on two articles…
The police commander of a mining town in the north of Colombia was killed on Wednesday morning, according to authorities. According to a police report, “personnel from the Segovia police,…
Dozens of iconic “palenquera” fruit sellers took to the streets in Cartagena on Tuesday, claiming that the city’s police are denying their right to work. The protest of the folkloric…
A man who was fined more than $250 for buying an empanada in Bogota in February has finally seen justice. The sum is to be returned to him by the…
Public uproar about Bogota cops’ decision to fine a man for buying empanadas from a street vendor has escalated in Colombia, both in Congress and on the street. The country’s…
A $230 dollar fine for a man who bought a pastry from a street vendor triggered mass ridicule of Colombia’s police force and calls to “legalize empanada.” Several people posted…
An Israeli man was arrested, expelled and banned from Colombia for smoking marijuana in public and insulting police officers in tourism hotspot Cartagena. The men embarked on hate-filled rants after…
Colombia’s National Police is unable to shake controversy over the institution’s ties to the Scientology Church. Photos published on policewomen’s social media show 22 female officials aboard a Church of…