More than 78% of Colombia’s population agrees with the Supreme Court decision to file criminal charges against former President Alvaro Uribe, according to a poll. The CNC poll that was…
Colombia’s peace processes ought to help depoliticize crime. The trial against former President Alvaro Uribe ought to decriminalize politics. Over the past 40 years, the criminalization of politics and the…
The US government is “committed” to “dismantle” Colombia’s last-standing guerrilla group ELN, US State Attorney Zachary Terwilliger said Thursday. The representative from the US Eastern District of Virgina’s State Attorney’s…
Para-economics is a phenomenon in Colombia in which businesses use death squads to either evade labor laws, increase their assets or maximize profits. The practice was particularly common in the 1990s and 2000s but…
Organized crime groups are threatening to severely corrupt Colombia’s local elections in October, particularly in port towns that are key for drug trafficking, according to experts. The country has seen…
At least 10 people were allegedly killed just across the border with Venezuela in a gun fight between two Colombian illegal armed groups that vie for control in the border…
The alleged top boss of Medellin crime syndicate Oficina de Envigado was arrested on Tuesday, Colombia’s President Ivan Duque confirmed. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, “Clemente” was the successor…
Colombia’s security forces reported a 33% increase in combat kills and a 29% increase in arrests of alleged members of illegal armed groups in the first quarter of 2019 compared…
As Colombia’s government makes promise after promise of action, violence against Colombia’s social leaders is exponentially increasing, according to a thinktank. Last year was 44% more violent than 2017, with…