Venezuelan authorities have captured a former Colombian official wanted for collaborating with outlawed right-wing paramilitary fighters. Magally Moreno, 39, is wanted by Colombian authorities on charges of aggravated homicide and…
Convictions of former paramilitary members under Colombia’s Peace and Justice Law for thousands of crimes including massacres, targeted killings and other acts of violence are immensely bogged down due to…
A former paramilitary was sentenced to 48 years in jail for his involvement in 26 murders committed in the department of Meta. Rusbell Sneyder Diaz Agudelo, alias ‘Gordo’ confessed before…
The Colombian Supreme Court will try politicians with paramilitary ties for crimes against humanity, W Radio reported Wednesday. The Court established jurisprudence and will soon sentence politicians involved in parapolitics,…
Colombian authorities Saturday arrested the suspected leader of Los Paisas, one of the country’s leading paramilitary drug gangs. Jairo Luiz Dias, also known as ‘Mincho’ or ‘El Profe’, was arrested…
The sole survivor of the Colombian amateur soccer team kidnapped and murdered in Venezuela remains in hospital. Venezuelan authorities will not allow him and his family to leave for security…
Twenty one years on from the Segovia massacre in Antioquia, survivors gathered in Medellin to remember the 43 civilians gunned down by paramilitaries. Those responsible remain unpunished. The massacre, which…
There remain thousands of minors trapped in illegal armed groups throughout Colombia and the Government must accelerate demobilization processes for them, claimed a Welfare Institute Thursday. Despite recent attention given…
Colombia’s Family Welfare Institute on Wednesday marked ten years of a program restoring rights for young people demobilized from Colombian illegal armed groups. This program, unique in the world, has…