Hundreds of victims of conflict in west Colombia return to indigenous lands
Almost 700 indigenous victims of Colombia’s armed conflict left the capital Bogota on Sunday to return to their lands in the west of the country. The trip from Bogota to…
Almost 700 indigenous victims of Colombia’s armed conflict left the capital Bogota on Sunday to return to their lands in the west of the country. The trip from Bogota to…
Authorities in northeast Colombia have reported a wave of explosives attacks since an improvised ceasefire by guerrilla group ELN expired on Friday. According to newspaper El Espectador, guerrillas carried out…
EMC commander “Ivan Mordisco” declared war on dissident guerrilla units that decided to negotiate peace with the government without his approval. In a statement, the EMC’s Amazonas Bloc, which is…
Paramilitary organization ACSN ordered its forces in northern Colombia to cease fire in response to government decrees that seek to negotiate the demobilization of paramilitaries. The ACSN, which is also…
Guerrilla group ELN confined tens of thousands of people from western Colombia to their homes in order to fight paramilitary organization EGC. The guerrillas issued the indefinite lockdown order in…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro ordered his peace commissioner to seek talks with “Los Pachenca,” one of the most powerful organized crime groups in the Caribbean region. Los Pachenca, who are…
President Gustavo Petro authorized a “socio-judicial conversation” with the EGC, Colombia’s largest paramilitary organization. According to a presidential decree, this conversation seeks to convince the EGC’s top commanders of the…
Colombia’s military will resume operations against guerrilla group ELN after negotiators failed to secure the extension of a ceasefire, according to defense minister Ivan Velasquez. The ceasefire that took force…
Prosecutor General Luz Adriana Camargo vowed to try hundreds of businesses that financed the creation and human rights violations of paramilitary groups during Colombia’s armed conflict. Camargo made the promise…