Tag: torture
‘Colombia’s army hunting down whistleblowers who revealed torture camps’
Colombia’s military has begun a witch hunt to find the officers who leaked videos and...
Colombia’s military tortures soldiers in fake guerrilla camps: opposition
Colombia’s military fakes guerrilla kidnappings and torture to train its own troops,...
Colombian soldiers arrested on torture charges
Four Colombian soldiers were arrested on Monday after accusations they had tortured a man they...
Too little too late? Colombian police colonel gets house arrest 20 years after burning suspect’s penis
Twenty years after burning a kidnapping suspect’s penis, a Colombian police colonel was...
Colombia torture victims to be remembered in Bogota event
In recognition of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, a Colombian humanitarian...
West Colombia human ‘chopping houses’ to be destroyed
The city of Buenaventura will see the demolition of a number of recently discovered “chopping...
Senator calls for investigation into Venezuela’s ‘torture of Colombians’
Colombian Senator Armando Benedetti asked the government to open an investigation in response to allegations that Venezuelan security forces tortured Colombians they held in custody, Radio Caracol reported Wednesday. Four...
Locals doubt FARC torture accusations
Locals have raised doubts about a case of torture allegedly carried out by guerrilla group FARC in a town in the southwest of Colombia last week, said local media Tuesday. The victim, Luis Eider Dagua Velasco, claimed he was...
Witness under protection claims she was tortured by police
A woman in Colombia’s witness protection program has claimed she and those close to her have been murdered and tortured despite her apparent protection reported El Espectador Thursday. The woman filed a criminal complaint...
Family get over 20 yrs each for torturing maid
A woman and two men have been sentenced to over 20 years each for torturing, threatening and beating the maid at their farm in the municipality of Fresno, in the central department of Tolima. Olma Marlen Zapata Marin was...
Child rapist and murderer may have sentence reduced by over 20 yrs
A convicted felon who raped, tortured and murdered over 168 children could be free within four years, Colombian Senator Gilma Jimenez reported Monday. Luis Alfredo Garavito, known as “The Beast,” was sentenced to...
Woman convicted for abusing stepdaughter
A woman has been sent to prison for horrific acts of child abuse that she enacted upon her six-year old stepdaughter, El Espectador reported Friday. The stepmother from Duitama, in the department of Boyaca, was condemned for...
