Illegal armed groups in Colombia must release 13,000 recruited children before November or face trial before the International Criminal Court, a former Congressman said. Inspectors of the ICC will begin…
Colombian authorities Friday found 550 kilos of explosives and other materials for preparing bombs in three abandoned camps of the ELN in the Casanare department. “We seized 12 packages of…
Colombian authorities say they have arrested ‘Sebastian’, the alleged leader of the assassins of paramilitary drug lord ‘Cuchillo’. Elver ‘Sebastian’ Leon Merchan is an alleged member of Cuchillo’s Popular Revolutionary…
Colombia’s Defense Ministry Sunday highlighted the country’s success in its fight against terrorist attacks. According to the government, the drop in kidnappings, massacres and bomb attacks has been dramatic over…
The Colombian government denies criminalizing indigenous peoples in a response to a complaint filed by several indigenous groups before the United Nations. “At no time indigenous people were criminalized by…
All members of the Barranquilla city council are considered a military target, a letter, supposedly sent to the council by rebel group FARC, says. According to Council President Jorge Rangel,…
Colombian president Alvaro Uribe Thursday dismissed FARC commander Alfonso Cano’s denial the guerrilla group had financially supported Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa’s 2006 campaign and had received weapons from Venezuela. In…
Five children, members of an Awa indigenous tribe in south Colombia, died of hunger and malnutricion in the past two weeks, indigenous organizations say. According to newspaper El Tiempo, local…
Colombian opposition Senator Piedad Cordoba said Saturday she will construct “peace bases” in Colombia. The bases are a response to the U.S.-Colombian plan to expand U.S. military presence in the…