A candidate in Colombia’s October 25 elections representing former President Alvaro Uribe’s opposition party was shot in southwest Colombia on Saturday. The aspiring politician survived the attack.
A gang leader and alleged ally of rebel group FARC was sentenced to 56 years in prison on Monday for a 2012 assassination attempt on former Interior Minister Fernando Londoño that killed two others…
The Ministry of Justice has created a new elite unit designated to investigate killings of judicial and police officials.
Local elections in more than a quarter of Colombia municipalities are at risk because of the presence of illegal armed groups that have already killed two mayoral candidates in the past few months, the country’s ombudsman…
A mayoral candidate from the southwest of Colombia has been assassinated, local media reported Sunday. The victim is the second candidate for the October elections to lose his life over his political aspirations.
The FARC on Sunday admitted the rebel group’s responsibility for killing a community leader while its current unilateral ceasefire was in force.
A former top commander of paramilitary umbrella organization AUC has testified that a military general who takes part in peace negotiations with FARC rebels also took part in the killing…
The former head of Colombia’s now-defunct intelligence agency DAS will go on trial for allegedly helping orchestrate the murder of a powerful presidential candidate during Pablo Escobar’s reign.
Some 100 Colombian journalists now use body guards to protect their safety while carrying out their responsibilities, according to newspaper El Tiempo.