Tag: rape
How one of Colombia’s biggest sexual predators built a network of power through rape
Paramilitary chief and drug trafficker Hernan Giraldo raped more than 200 girls under 14 on the...
FARC murdered 394 women in 12 years: Defense Minister
Colombia’s Defense Minister said Thursday the country’s largest rebel group, the FARC,...
Colombia’s female guerrillas hunt for their lost children
Demobilized female rebels, many of whom were forced into guerrilla groups against their will, are...
27 children were sexually assaulted per day during 4-year period of Colombia’s armed conflict
An average of 27 children were sexually assaulted per day during the 2008-2012 period of...
Colombian Police Officer sentenced to 12 years for raping 15-year-old at gunpoint
The Colombian Inspector General’s Office has rejected the appeal of a former police officer...
Violence against women in Colombia fueled by machismo culture and ‘institutional weakness’
National figures indicate that violence against women in Colombia has increased significantly in...
Five arrested over rape video on Facebook
Five people have been arrested in connection to a rape video posted on social networking site...
‘London woman raped in northern Colombia’
Three alleged rapists of a woman from London, England evaded police apprehension as they continue to receive asylum in their indigenous village in northern Colombia. The suspected violators belong to the Wayuu ethnic group in...
DNA test proves soldier raped child: Expert
A DNA test proved that semen found on the clothes and body of a 13-year-old girl came from former Lieutenant Raul Muñoz Linares, according to a forensic medical expert. Muñoz Linares is currently on trial for raping two girls,...
Advisory commission denounces life imprisonment
A Colombian advisory commission denounced a congressional referendum to impose life sentences on convicted child murderers and rapists as illegitimate “populism.” Colombian media reported that the commission, made up...
Teenage Colombian girl found drugged, naked, battered in Bogota
A 19-year-old Colombian girl was found naked and beaten in the area around North Canton, in Bogota, on Wednesday night, El Espectador reported Thursday. The girl was taken to Simon Bolivar Hospital where she is reported to be...
Colombian judge rules against nullifying proceedings in child murder case
A Colombian judge denied a request to start over the judicial process being advanced against Army Lieutenant Raul Muñoz Linares, accused of the murder of three children. The judge ruled that, despite a request from the...
