Paramilitaries assassinated two people, injured two and displaced 70 on Tuesday, two hours after Colombia’s President Ivan Duque left the Bajo Cauca region where he vowed to improve security for…
Medellin was finally able to lower the number of homicides in 2019 after a year-long increase, but questions remain about the fate of 294 people who went missing last year.…
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal has discovered a military mass grave in which more than 50 victims of extrajudicial executions could be buried, weekly Semana reported on Saturday. The cemetery of…
At least 250 people fled their homes in northern Colombia on Saturday amid an alleged paramilitary siege of a rural area controlled by dissident FARC guerrillas. Authorities confirmed the arrival…
Medellin ‘s political system was turned upside down on Sunday as anti-corruption candidate Daniel Quintero defeated the far-right ally of former President Alvaro Uribe. Quintero’s convincing victory over controversial dynasty…
Colombia’s Inspector General announced an investigation into Medellin Mayor Federico Gutierrez for allegedly abusing his position to promote the election of his protege. According to the Inspector General’s Office, there…
The comptroller of Colombia’s second largest economy, the Antioquia province, allegedly converted his office into a criminal organization dedicated to embezzlement and nepotism. Antioquia comptroller Sergio Zuluaga, three of his…
A gold mining region in the north of Colombia saw its second massacre this month, local media reported on Sunday. Four people, including one minor, were murdered on Saturday in…
Many political allies of Medellin mayor candidate Alfredo Ramos have been sent to prison, but that hasn’t prevented the former senator from leading the election race in Colombia’s second largest…