400 Colombian mayors who left office Sunday are investigated because they failed to report what they did with funds sent to their municipalities for victims of last year’s destructive rainy…
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 Justice and Peace prosecutors give to families the remains of 15 victims of paramilitary and guerrilla groups in Villavicencio, capital of the department of Meta in the Eastern Plains,…
Fifteen Colombian army soldiers were sentenced to 25 and 26 years in prison Wednesday for the 2006 murder of five men who were later presented as guerrillas killed in combat.…
A women’s credit union in Barrancabermeja, and a land restitution project in San Carlos, won Colombia’s National Peace Prize 2011. They beat 99 other nominees to win the award, which…
The bodies of 28 victims from the armed conflict were exhumed and returned to their families, announced Prosecutor General Viviane Morales. According to Colombian media, the victims, 27 men and…
The Organization of American States’ (OAS) newly appointed human rights advisor to Colombia interviewed demobilized paramilitary leaders and other detainees at Itagui prison Friday, reported Caracol Radio. Spanish judge Baltasar…
The U.N. Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon commended Colombia for enacting its Victims’ Law, saying the legislation is a fundamental step towards resolving the conflicts that Colombians have endured for decades.…