Colombia’s police stepped up the arrest of rural community leaders and urban government critics this week. Defense Minister Diego Molano announced the arrest of social leader Aurelio Suarez on Sunday,…
Homicides in Buenaventura have surged amid the latest turf war over who controls the Pacific port city with one of Colombia’s largest shipping container terminals. Buenaventura’s authorities reportedly counted 123…
Colombia’s defense minister said Wednesday that he would deploy both the National Police and the military for anti-government protests announced for Thursday. From the United Command Post in Bogota, Defense…
While Colombia’s prosecution is trying to get alleged leaders of anti-government protests in jail, pro-government extremists are sending them death threats. The prosecution has mainly been targeting alleged “Frontline” protesters…
Colombia’s defense minister said Monday that 134 alleged anti-government government activists have been arrested over the past week. The alleged members of so-called “Frontline” groups were arrested “for a variety…
Local authorities have reported considerably more victims of violence during Colombia’s anti-government protests on Tuesday than the country’s top human rights official. In a press statement, Ombudsman Carlos Camargo said…
Colombia’s National Police chief on Thursday claimed to have “clear evidence” guerrillas were planning “acts of terrorism” during upcoming anti-government protests. In a speech, General Jorge Luis Vargas said that…
The increasingly authoritarian regime of Colombia’s President Ivan Duque implied that anti-government protests pose a threat to national security on Sunday. During a speech in Medellin, Defense Minister Diego Molano…
Anti-government protests continued throughout Colombia on Wednesday despite calls by strike organizers to suspend them. The ongoing protests illustrate a rift between the organizers of a national strike on April…