Colombia’s government coalition in Congress will support a proposed military justice reform, the country’s defense minister announced Wednesday. The political parties announced their support for the legislation Wednesday evening after…
A former mayor in the east of Colombia, who has been charged with the murder of 30 people, remains at large, reported Associated Press Monday. Flaminio Cocinero Costo has been charged…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday announced that his government has withdrawn a controversial proposal that would let human rights abuses by members of the military fall within the…
Three soldiers have been disqualified from military service for 20 years for the extrajudicial killing of a civilian, reported El Espectador Thursday. The patrol report stated, the unidentified victim “was…
Five Colombian Army soldiers were charged on Monday with the “false positive” murder of two teenage boys in March 2011, according to Colombian news sources. An international humanitarian law and…
The law regulating the compensation of approximately 4 million victims of Colombia’s armed conflict took effect Monday. The “Victims Law” allows victims of violence committed by left-wing guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries…
Colombian authorities said Wednesday seven soldiers have been charged in the killing of a comrade who had deserted. According to the Prosecutor general’s Office, the troops reported on December 24,…
Some 1,600 members of Colombia’s excint socialist party Union Patriotica (UP) were murdered between 1984 and 1997, according to a new book. With his book, Union Patriotica (Patriotic Union), researcher…
Colombian Congressman Guillermo Rivera confirmed Tuesday that victims of state agents will be eligible for compensation in a bill that seeks to make reparations under the Victims Law more effective.…