Ecuador’s police arrested six Colombians for their alleged participation in the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. The six were arrested in Quito shortly after the assassination on Wednesday. Two…
Colombia’s authorities seized assets of 17 businessmen who allegedly stole and exported $80 million worth of oil belonging to state-controlled oil company Ecopetrol. President Gustavo Petro said on Twitter that…
Deadly violence in Buenaventura has been escalating amid failures to implement a promised peace process in Colombia’s main port city on the Pacific coast. The registered surge in homicides threatens…
Colombia’s prosecutor general’s office on Friday refused to lift arrest warrants of paramilitary leaders, effectively blocking the government’s peace process. Deputy Prosecutor General Martha Marcera wrote Peace Commissioner Danilo Rueda…
Colombia’s prosecution seized assets worth almost $246 million (COP1.2 trillion) of an alleged money laundering ring with ties to the international drug trade in the United States and Asia. The…
Representatives of illegal armed groups will help verify compliance with a six-month ceasefire with Colombia’s security forces, the interior minister said Monday. In a press conference, Interior Minister Alfonso Prada…
Los Pachenca, a.k.a. the ACSN, are an organized crime group from Colombia’s Caribbean coast where they control cocaine exports and other organized crime rackets. The origins of Los Pachenca go…
Colombia’s security forces will try to uphold bilateral ceasefires with five illegal armed groups in the coming six months. The ceasefires would temporarily end hostilities between the security forces and…
Colombia’s Congress approved a bill that allows President Gustavo Petro to negotiate the dismantling of illegal armed groups. The bill gives Petro congressional support for his ambitious “Total Peace” policy,…