Medellin’s authorities have purposely tried to conceal war crimes while ignoring the city’s victims, according to Colombia’s war crimes tribunal. In a press release, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP)…
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal has begun investigating “Operation Orion,” a 2002 attack on the west of Medellin carried out by the security forces allegedly in collusion with local crime lord…
The Colombian state was found guilty of human rights offenses during a 2002 military operation in the country’s second biggest city Medellin by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR)…
Families of dozens of Medellin citizens who were either killed or disappeared in a 2002 military operation in the city demand former President Alvaro Uribe asks forgiveness for ordering the…
A Medellin court added a new stack to a mounting pile of allegations against former President Alvaro Uribe, who is under preliminary investigation by the Supreme Court for his alleged ties to…
Family members of some of the possible 300 victims thought to be buried in a mass grave in Medellin, gathered near the grave site on Monday before authorities begin the…
Colombian authorities are set to begin exhuming bodies from what could be the country’s biggest mass grave that has been looming over western Medellin for more than a decade.
Past military operations in the Comuna 13 of Colombia’s second city Medellin have constituted grave violations of human rights and must be investigated, a local NGO said Monday. “As representatives…
A Colombian Justice and Peace Law that provides ex-paramilitary with shorter prison sentences in exchange for demobilization has been refused to 188 former paramilitary members, creating further controversy. Dozens of…