Colombia orders FARC leaders’ bodyguards to return firearms amid growing security concerns
Colombia’s government ordered the bodyguards of demobilized FARC leaders to hand in all...
Tag: National Protection Unit
FARC leader ‘Jesus Santrich’ not seen since Saturday: authorities
FARC congressman “Jesus Santrich” has been out of sight from the authorities since...
Colombia’s Duque proposes hard-right pundit to protect threatened leaders
Colombia’s president Ivan Duque is reconsidering the nomination of a hard-right ally to run...
Colombia hired assassins and spies to ‘protect’ threatened persons: report
Colombia’s National Protection Unit (UNP) has been infiltrated by organized crime and is...
Colombia’s Senate approves 1200 bodyguard positions for demobilized FARC rebels
Colombia’s Congress on Wednesday voted in favor of creating a maximum of 1200 new bodyguard...
Device to protect Colombia’s threatened activists and journalists can be used against them: AP
An electronic device given to some 400 threatened journalists and human rights defenders can be...
Kidnappers release daughter of Colombia protection chief
Kidnappers on Saturday released the daughter of the director of the UNP, Colombia’s agency in...
Colombia’s state protection unit says more corruption to be revealed
The director of Colombia’s National Protection Unit (UNP) announced that he will present...
Colombia’s Interior Minister seeks additional millions for corrupt National Protection Unit
The national entity charged with safeguarding Colombia’s threatened individuals needs a...
18 journalists working under constant fear of death in northern Colombia
Eighteen journalists in Colombia’s northern state of Antioquia are working under constant...
Senator-elect Claudia Lopez once again at risk of assassination attempt
Senator-elect, Claudia Lopez, received warning on Saturday by a national security force that she...
Colombia will reduce security for Uribe by over 50%
Colombia will reduce the government provided security for former President and Senator-elect Alvaro Uribe and his family by 55% in the coming weeks, according to local media. Currently, Colombia’s National Protection Unit...
