‘ELN’ attack injures 1 civilian, destroys 10 houses and hospital
The ELN have attacked the municipality of Sucre, in southern Cauca, in a siege lasting a whole day that left one civilian injured and destroyed ten houses as well as…
The ELN have attacked the municipality of Sucre, in southern Cauca, in a siege lasting a whole day that left one civilian injured and destroyed ten houses as well as…
The Colombian State Council ruled that beaches may not be claimed as private property by people using them for commercial or personal reasons, El Universal reported Thursday. The High Tribunal…
Three displaced land claimants have been killed within a 24 hour period, EFE reported Friday. Bernardo Rios Londoño, and Ever Verbel Rocha were killed on Wednesday in the departments of…
A Colombian judge rules that the 2001 paramilitary massacre of 31 civilians in the town of Chengue, north Colombia, was a “crime against humanity” and orders the decade-old case reopened.…
Troops in Colombia’s Caribbean region find a clandestine airstrip thought to be used for narco-trafficking by the drug gang “Los Rastrojos,” newspaper El Espectador reported Tuesday. Troops from the Joint…
A human rights prosecutor detained a former soldier without bail for allegedly killing a marine and presenting him as a member of an illegal armed group, reports El Tiempo. Deibis Brens…
A local leader of neo-paramilitary criminal organization “Los Urabeños” is detained in the Sucre department, north Colombia, W Radio reports. The man, alias “Santiago,” was arrested by Colombian National Police…
Colombia’s Supreme Court called a former congressman to trial for his alleged ties to paramilitaries, reports newspaper El Espectador. The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court Wednesday called the case…
Members of an indigenous community from the north Colombian department of Sucre threaten to kill themselves if the national government does not recognize them as a tribe. The group threatens…