The Colombian state must compensate victims of forced displacement at the hands of the armed forces, the country’s highest administrative court ruled Thursday. The Council of State ruling followed a…
Colombia’s Inspector General asked the Prosecutor General’s Office on Monday to investigate the role of two retired police generals in the 1989 murder of then-presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galan. According…
Members of Colombia’s security forces are under investigation for the extrajudicial execution of almost 3,000 civilians, the Prosecutor General’s Office said Monday. Until June 1, 1,882 members of the security…
Three Colombian soldiers have been sentenced to 35 years each in prison for murdering civilians and falsely claiming they were left-wing guerrillas killed in action in order to artificially boost…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will analyze information regarding the Colombian army murdering civilians and disguising them as guerrillas killed in combat to artificially inflate their enemy kill count. “We…
Four former soldiers have been convicted for the 2005 massacre of five adults and three children in the northern Colombian peace community of San Jose de Apartado, local media reported…
The Colombian deputy defence minister has denied knowledge of 69 alleged new cases of extrajudicial killings of civilians at the hands of security forces. Congressman Ivan Cepeda made the “false…
A group of Colombian soldiers have been accused of the “false positive” murder of three civilians, reported local media Friday. A group of 24 soldiers from La Popa Battallion are…
An arrest warrant has been issued for a Colombian ex-intelligence official suspected of murdering a human rights activist and scholar in 2004, local media reported Tuesday. Javier Valle Alfredo Anaya,…