The mayor of the town of Rosas in the southwestern state of Cauca, along with other functionaries and several teachers were threatened on Thursday by a faction of neo-paramilitaries
Colombia’s Defense Ministry has rejected a recent report which alleged that 10 of 232 homicides committed by members of the army in 2013 were fraudulently reported as combat kills.
A former Colombian drug lord is to serve a reduced sentence of just over 12 years in a United States prison, and may be eligible for more benefits after having…
Ten “false positives” cases were among 232 people executed by the government without due process in 2013, a Colombian human rights organization has reported.
The key witness in a criminal case against the younger brother of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is refusing to continue cooperating with authorities until the Prosecutor General’s Office can…
A former senior paramilitary accused of killing more than 40 people, including a former commander of one of Colombia’s largest paramilitary organizations, was captured by country’s national police on Tuesday,…
One of Colombia’s most notorious former paramilitary leaders has publicly apologized to victims of his crimes via video link from his prison in the Unites States, local media reported on Tuesday.
Officials ordered the transfer of a high-ranking former member of Colombia’s most infamous paramilitary group into formal prison Friday, local media reported.
A prominent emerald magnate was assassinated on Saturday, sparking concerns over the possibility of a new “green war.”