‘Serbian mercenaries work for Colombian drug gangs’
At least 50 Serbian mercenaries, veterans of the war in the former Yugoslavia, are working in Colombia and Bolivia as bodyguards to powerful drug cartels, according to Serbian media reports…
At least 50 Serbian mercenaries, veterans of the war in the former Yugoslavia, are working in Colombia and Bolivia as bodyguards to powerful drug cartels, according to Serbian media reports…
A Colombian human rights defender was shot dead in the northern department of Sucre on Wednesday, in what appears to be another attack on activists working to protect the rights…
Colombian police captured neo-paramilitary commander “Codey” in Colombia’s eastern Vicheda department Tuesday, and claim that they are closing in on the drug kingpin and paramilitary leader, Pedro Olivero Guerrero, alias…
A U.S.-based NGO alleges that they and 80 other Colombian NGOs received death threats from Colombian paramilitary group the “Aguilas Negras.” The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), whose aim…
Several multinational companies with activities in Colombia are ‘to be tried’ in Madrid this weekend during the fourth Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (TPP). Most cases deal with violations of human rights…
Despite guarantees, only six of the fourteen former top AUC paramilitary leaders who were extradited to the United States two years ago have been able to participate in Colombia’s Justice…
Colombia’s Supreme Court sentenced former congressman for the northern Magdalena department Jorge Castro Pacheco to seven years and six months in jail, after finding him guilty of parapolitics. Castro Pacheco…
Almost 2,000 demobilized paramilitaries have requested increased security measures from the Colombian government following assassination attempts and threats against them, reports El Tiempo. Authorities report that many of the threats…
Twenty-one years ago, the Liberal favorite for the Colombian presidency, Luis Carlos Galan, who’d gained a miraculous, last-minute lead in the polls thanks to rising support from students and intellectuals,…