Colombia’s former army intelligence chief sentenced to 31 years
A court sentenced a former general to 31 years in prison for his role in the 1985 siege and destruction of Colombia’s Palace of Justice in the capital. Bogota’s Superior…
A court sentenced a former general to 31 years in prison for his role in the 1985 siege and destruction of Colombia’s Palace of Justice in the capital. Bogota’s Superior…
The popular belief that late drug lord Pablo Escobar ordered and financed the 1985 guerrilla attack on Colombia’s Palace of Justice increasingly appears to be a far-right urban myth. The…
Colombia’s authorities have lied for decades about their intent to rescue hostages in the 1985 Palace of Justice siege that killed almost 100 people, according to a Supreme Court ruling.…
The remains of my friend’s mom have been identified, 34 years after she became one of the 120,000 Colombians who are missing. I guess I’m supposed to report the news…
Colombia’s Supreme Court absolved a former army colonel of charges he was responsible for the torture and disappearance of survivors of the 1985 Palace of Justice siege.
President Juan Manuel Santos apologized Friday for Colombia’s actions during a 1985 army raid on the Supreme Court in which nearly 100 people were killed after the building was taken…
Thirty years after one of the greatest traumas in Colombia’s recent history, prosecutors were able to identify the remains of three women who were disappeared in the 1985 retake of the…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office is investigating the remains of 92 people who could have been among those allegedly disappeared during the 1985 Palace of Justice siege in Bogota in which at…
While Colombia’s Supreme Court is considering absolving a military commander convicted for disappearing 11 people in the 1985 military retake of the Palace of Justice, the Inter-American human rights court convicts the country for these…