Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office filed corruption charges against National Police director General Oscar Atehortua that could lead to his removal from office. According to the charges, Atehortua was involved in…
When retired General Ricardo Restrepo was Colombia’s counternarcotics chief, drug trafficking spiraled out of control. The top police official was mingling with the mafia. Restrepo’s appearance in the Instagram profile…
Colombia’s police said Sunday they have killed two FARC dissidents in a botched plot to assassinate their former military commander, demobilized rebel leader Rodrigo Londoño, a.k.a. “Timochenko.” According to National…
Colombia’s authorities on Wednesday struggled to announce progress in the implementation of a 2016 peace deal with demobilized FARC guerrillas days amid growing pressure. President Ivan Duque met with the…
Bogota’s police continued to violently repress peaceful protests in Colombia’s capital on Thursday despite pending lawsuits and ongoing calls to end apparently systematic human rights abuses. At least one student…
The cop who admitted murdering a high-school student during Colombia’s anti-government protests contradicted evidence and previous statements in his defense on Sunday. El Tiempo, the newspaper of President Ivan Duque’s…
Colombia’s National Police allegedly tortured, sexually abused and threatened to kill illegally detained participants in attempts to repress anti-government protests, according to victims and human rights defenders. The accusations reported…
A Bogota student who had been kidnapped by police is severely beaten up but alive, one of the journalists who went looking for the man reported Thursday. According to journalist…
Five senators of Colombia’s opposition filed criminal charges against the security forces said Thursday they are not contemplating suicide, just in case. Opposition Senator Gustavo Bolivar recorded himself and four…