Colombia’s security forces are allegedly intimidating and threatening members who try to talk to media or the country’s war crimes tribunal about military war crimes. Last week, local media and…
The term parapolitics is used to describe the ties between paramilitary organizations like the now-demobilized AUC, and state officials in Colombia. Opposition Senator Gustavo Petro has been denouncing ties between…
Three high-ranking US senators sent a letter to Colombia’s President Ivan Duque expressing their concern over the promotion of alleged war criminals in the military. The letter echoes concerns raised…
Colombia’s former chief prosecutor claims to have incriminating evidence that former President Alvaro Uribe was responsible for massacres while acting as governor of Antioquia. Former Prosecutor General Eduardo Montealegre, announced…
Colombia’s defense ministry issued a $1 million reward on Sunday for information that would lead to the arrest of fugitive FARC leader “El Paisa,” who is wanted by the country’s…
Paramilitary chief and drug trafficker Hernan Giraldo raped more than 200 girls under 14 on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, creating a huge polygamous “family” to help him maintain territorial…
FARC victims and military war criminals confronted the Colombia’s government about President Ivan Duque’s controversial decision to delay ratification of the country’s war crimes tribunal during a debate in Congress.…
Cutbacks introduced by Colombia’s president Ivan Duque are seriously threatening the functionality of the country’s war crimes tribunal, which seeks to bring justice to 8.5 million conflict victims. The hard-right…
The president of Colombia’s war crimes tribunal asked controversial former president Alvaro Uribe to end his campaign of “insults, disinformation and distortion” against the Special Peace Juristiction (JEP). Uribe, whose…
