Colombian congressional candidates are buying votes in the cities of Barranquilla and Soacha, using cash and scholarship placements to secure their election, local media say. Barranquilla police commissioner Jorge Gutierrez…
Human rights violations committed by the military that have been heard by a military court should be reopened in a people’s court, Colombia’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The ruling came…
Colombian police have arrested the former leader of a right-wing paramilitary death squad accused of ordering at least 2,500 murders, judicial investigators said on Tuesday. Arnolfo Santamaria, alias “Pipa,” was…
In a meeting with the mothers of citizens killed in Soacha’s “false positives” scandal, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe promised government support for pursuing the cases against those accused of the…
The Tequendama Falls, a popular Colombian tourist destination located 32 kilometers west of Bogota, have run dry and the water that remains is filled with polluting waste. Residents are calling…
New threats have been made against the mothers of soldiers accused of Soacha’s ‘false positives’ murders, as well as against the municipality’s ombudsman, reported radio station Caracol on Tuesday. It…
The Colombian military on Monday was found guilty of another “false positive” murder, and the state must pay $75,000 in damages to the victim’s family. Six years ago, the military…
46 Colombian soldiers suspected of committing extrajudicial killings were this weekend treated to a day of clowns, aromatherapy and fine dining. The soldiers have been confined to military bases south of…
A Bogota judge ordered the immediate release of another seven suspects in the extrajudicial executions of eleven young men. A total of 38 soldiers, suspected of having recruited and then…