In a surprising U turn, Colombia’s acting police chief on Friday asked forgiveness for police brutality while the country’s government vowed measures to prevent an authoritarian state. The expressed regret…
Locals from Colombia’s capital Bogota shared videos on social media on Thursday showing police engaged in an apparently unhinged state terrorism campaign. Many dozens of videos were uploaded by locals…
The police department of Colombia’s capital Bogota is under fire for allegedly assassinating civilians and taking part in vandalism in response to protests against police brutality. The criticism followed evidence…
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office has raised concerns about police plans to buy cyber surveillance equipment that would provide access to social media accounts and messaging services like Whatsapp, newspaper El…
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…
Colombia’s security forces have been involved in the drug trade since the beginning. On the Caribbean coast, cops began extorting marijuana traders in the 1960s and ended up being their…
Police in Colombia’s second largest city, Medellin, are serenading locals to alleviate boredom during a quarantine that seeks to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Armed with speakers and a…
Pablo Escobar never made Medellin the world’s most dangerous city. Local authorities and media who turned a public relations campaign into a terrorism campaign did, according to multiple studies. There…
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal assumed the investigation into the role of the former security chief of former President Alvaro Uribe in the killing of human rights defenders. The Special Jurisdiction…