Colombia’s Supreme Court will move forward with investigations into the October 1997 massacre of El Aro — a paramilitary killing spree that appears strongly tied to the governorship of former president Alvaro Uribe.
Former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe is facing a preliminary investigation over accusations that he was complicit in a 1997 massacre, the Supreme Court announced on Wednesday.
Colombia’s former president Alvaro Uribe could end up appearing before a post-conflict transitional justice tribunal and even in prison over allegations he helped found paramilitary groups while governor, according to…
The existence of neo-paramilitary groups are the direct consequence of the Colombian government’s failure to comply with a peace deal made with paramilitary organization AUC, imprisoned “Urabeños” founder “Don Mario” claimed.
One of the most important commanders of the now-defunct paramilitary organization AUC was released on Thursday, after having spent eight years in prison.
Family members of some of the possible 300 victims thought to be buried in a mass grave in Medellin, gathered near the grave site on Monday before authorities begin the…
Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, is holding peace talks in order to become an unarmed political organization. However, one of the things threatening this possibility is a phenomenon older than the…
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC urged the government on Thursday to effectively dismantle paramilitary organizations, fearing that these right-wing drug trafficking groups will violently frustrate the guerrillas’ reintegration if peace is reached.
Colombian authorities are set to begin exhuming bodies from what could be the country’s biggest mass grave that has been looming over western Medellin for more than a decade.