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 of…
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…
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…
Two non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have reported a rise in the number of illegally trafficked underage female virgins in Colombia’s second city, Medellin. Angela Maria Jaramillo Burgos, researcher at the women’s…
A community in northeast Bogota have attacked the police for protecting a man who they wanted to lynch for the alleged raping of an 11-year-old girl, El Espectador reported Monday.…
A convicted felon who raped, tortured and murdered over 168 children could be free within four years, Colombian Senator Gilma Jimenez reported Monday. Luis Alfredo Garavito, known as “The Beast,”…
Colombian senators are pushing for a constitutional amendment that will allow child rapists to be handed a life sentence, Terra reported on Tuesday. Life sentencing is currently banned in Colombia,…
The father of three children who allegedly were murdered by members of the army, has called for the case to be removed from the local prosecutor as he claims it…
Colombia’s government forensics department revealed Monday that 18 new alleged cases of sexual abuse of minors by the military and the police are being investigated. The recent murder of three…