Illegal armed groups recruited more than 100 Colombian child soldiers in 2014
Illegal armed groups in Colombia have recruited 119 minors in 2014, the country’s Ombudsman’s Office said on Tuesday.
Illegal armed groups in Colombia have recruited 119 minors in 2014, the country’s Ombudsman’s Office said on Tuesday.
Colombian soccer legend Faustino Asprilla and his family have fled his home after receiving death threats by drug trafficking organization “Los Rastrojos,” the soccer player said Thursday.
Colombia’s national government on Monday promised to act against illegal mining in the southwestern Cauca state after some 100 women had marched to Bogota and locals internationally denounced death threats.
At least 14 presumed drug traffickers from Colombia have been killed in a confrontation between two rival drug trafficking organizations across the border with Venezuela.
Organized crime group “Los Rastrojos” has threatened to kill black and indigenous communities who have called on authorities to shut down an illegally-operated goldmine in the region.
Colombian rebel group FARC has made a number of alliances with criminal groups, including former enemies, in order to protect joint interests in illegal activities like drug trafficking or illegal mining, according…
Two more journalists received death threats this week from paramilitary successor groups as violence and intimidation continue to cast shadow’s over Colombia’s press freedoms.
The Colombian military and prosecutor’s office carried out a joint operation in western Colombia where they located a weapons cachet of the criminal gang “The Rastrojos.”
Seven people have been arrested for allegedly dismembering a 26-year old woman in the violent Colombian port city of Buenaventura, authorities said Tuesday. Three of the suspects are minors.