Opposition leaders accused the government and supporters of President Alvaro Uribe of seeking benefits for violators while failing to help their victims. Meanwhile the Senate caucus backing Uribe defended an…
Researchers from two prestigious U.S. universities suggest a direct relationship between the amount of military aid to Colombia and the violence of armed paramilitary groups. The researchers, Oendrila Dube, Ph.D.…
Leon Valencia, director of the Rainbow Foundation, an independent advocacy and research group focusing on armed paramilitary and guerrilla conflict in Colombia, said that his office received treats of violent…
Police reported progress in the fight against crime with a reported drop from 33 criminal gangs in Colombia in 2006 to six in 2009. So far this year police have…
Police announced Monday the capture of ‘Valenciano’s’ alleged right hand man, supposed leader of a gang linked to Medellin’s drug trafficking Office of Envigado. According to the police reports, they…
Victims of rape perpetrated by paramilitaries demobilized in Colombia’s Justice and Peace process will be first to receive reparations (COP15 million each). The first ten people to receive these reparations…
U.S. ambassador William Brownfield on Friday expressed his support for the NGO that published a critical report on the progress of President Alvaro Uribe’s Democratic Security’ policy after the President…
The Mayor of Medellin proposed on Thursday that a truth commission be held regarding the history of violence that has long gripped Colombia’s second city. In response to the alarming…
Seven main drug trafficking gangs operate in 21 departments throughout Colombia the Prosecutor General revealed Thursday. According to Radio Caracol the gangs “Los Rastrojos”, “Los Machos”, “Urabá”, “Los Paisas”, “Nueva…