Two demobilized FARC member have been assassinated in southwest Colombia in the past 10 days, sparking fears of a repetition of the mass killing of leftists that cost thousands of lives after a 1985 peace…
On the very day Colombia’s defense minister denied the existence of paramilitary groups, local media reported the assassination of three human and civil rights workers by presumed AUC successors. A woman who…
Four officers from the Colombian Navy were arrested for allowing drug trafficking operations they were supposed to counter, reported El Espectador newspaper on Sunday. The officers, two of whom are…
Makeshift roadblocks dot communities in the north of Colombia’s Cauca province as locals form unarmed watch groups, claiming authorities are ignoring a wave of violence in the region. The 80-man-strong Peasant Security force…
The owner of a plot of land in southwest Colombia that was designated to host a concentration camp for demobilizing and disarming FARC guerrillas has been assassinated, her family told media Wednesday. The…
Three farmers and two indigenous people were assassinated under unclear circumstances in the southwest of Colombia just as the country is preparing a major peace process with FARC rebels. According…
Colombia’s authorities said Tuesday they have dealt a major blow to leftist guerrilla army ELN’s finances with a “historic” military operation against illegal gold mines. President Juan Manuel Santos said…
Dozens of marijuana growers in one of Colombia’s most war-torn regions have formed the country’s first legal medical marijuana cooperative. Justice Minister Jorge Eduardo Londoño announced “Caucannabis” during a presentation while visiting the…
Four members of Colombia’s second largest far-left guerrilla group the ELN were killed in combat in the southwest of the country, according to the military. The incident occurred in the rural zone…