The United Nations reported it had removed more than 8,000 arms and 22,000 kilograms of explosives on the final day of disarmament of Colombia’s demobilized rebel group FARC. “Today we…
Colombia’s transitional justice system has receives more than 2,000 applications of law experts who hope to be appointed to fill one of the 51 posts in the war crimes tribunal…
The UN’s first mission as peace observers in Colombia comes to an end on Tuesday with the removal of containers full of arms from FARC demobilization camps. Next challenge: reintegrating…
A commander of the FARC was assassinated Monday, endangering criminal investigations about the demobilized guerrilla group’s criminal activities in a key drug trafficking corridor. According to locals, Jesus Adan Mazo,…
Colombia’s Congress on Wednesday voted in favor of creating a maximum of 1200 new bodyguard positions for demobilized FARC rebels, reopening a decades-old debate. The National Protection Unit’s (UNP) proposal…
Colombia’s transitional justice system has received the case files of 12,000 alleged military war criminals, the transitional justice body announced on Tuesday. According to the justice system’s executive secretary, some…
Colombia’s congress has begun debating a far-reaching political reform that ultimately seeks to diminish corruption and violence in politics and elections. The reform proposal is one of the consequences of…
Unknown assailants attacked a United Nations-led mission that sought to retrieve a weapons cache by demobilized FARC guerrillas in southwest Colombia on Sunday, according to the police. The attack, which…
The United Nations on Monday began removing containers holding more than 7,000 weapons from demobilization zones where the arms were handed over by former fighters for Colombia’s largest rebel group who are…