Colombia’s former President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday asked forgiveness for the mass killing of civilians by the military when the Nobel Peace prize laureate was defense minister. In a…
The chiefs of Colombia’s transitional justice system said Monday that the ongoing assassinations of former FARC fighters and community leaders is threatening their work. In a joint statement, the presidents…
One of Colombia’s most important former paramilitary commanders asked to testify before the Truth Commission over his role in the country’s armed conflict. Carlos Carlos Mario Jimenez, the former military…
The families of civilians who were executed by Colombia’s security forces to inflate results want the commanders responsible of these atrocities to be stripped of their medals, they said Tuesday.…
Two former paramilitary commanders with alleged ties to Colombia’s ex-President Alvaro Uribe and former Vice-President German Vargas want to testify before the Truth Commission. Former warlord Hector German Buitrago and…
Colombia’s military played down proven ties with now-defunct paramilitary organization AUC in a report sent to the Truth Commission, according to newspaper El Espectador. In a report, the military acknowledged…
| The Truth Commission was not called an “activist” by some prat from Bogota, but accused of having ties to illegal armed groups by a former Defense Minister. The problem…
Salvatore Mancuso, the former paramilitary leader who led the demobilization of paramilitary group AUC, will not have to go to prison if he returns to Colombia in March next year.…
Colombia’s Truth Commission urged the government of President Ivan Duque to stop sowing panic over anti-government protests planned for Thursday. Duque believes a far-right conspiracy theory that the national strike…