Seventy indigenous were tortured for no reason by alleged paramilitaries in the Choco department, native authorities reported Wednesday. Armed men entered the Pinchincha community, asked the indigenous for a subject…
Colombia’s Supreme Court has nullified the first conviction by a special tribunal responsible for trials against demobilized members of paramilitary organization AUC. The paramilitary leader, Wilson ‘El Loro’ Salazar Carrascal,…
Colombian authorities say they have arrested ‘Sebastian’, the alleged leader of the assassins of paramilitary drug lord ‘Cuchillo’. Elver ‘Sebastian’ Leon Merchan is an alleged member of Cuchillo’s Popular Revolutionary…
About 150 Colombian paramilitaries crossed the border with Venezuela and, accompanied by helicopters, entered the Zulia state, the chairman of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) said on Monday. “Friday…
Witnesses in a trial against north Colombia politicians who are suspected of having made pacts with paramilitary death squads have been threatened not to testify before the judge, newspaper El…
Colombia’s prosecution on Tuesday arrested 19 members of a drug trafficking group that allegedly belonged to the organization of jailed capo ‘Don Mario’ before he was sent to prison. The…
Following the appearance of alleged paramilitary pamphlets, 97 people have been killed and two disappeared in acts of “social cleansing” throughout Colombia, independent investigation center CINEP has announced. According to…
At least 40 people were killed in a paramilitary raid in the north of the Nariño department, peace adviser of the Nariño governor said Wednesday. “The communities reported more than…
Officials of Colombia’s General Prosecutor’s Office Wednesday arrested the former governor of Bolivar for his alleged ties to paramilitary organization AUC. According to investigations of an anti-terrorism prosecutor, former governor…