Indigenous murders continue in southwest Colombia
A young indigenous girl has been murdered and her sister gone missing in western Colombia, nine days after a pamphlet circulated declaring war on 26 indigenous community leaders in the region.
A young indigenous girl has been murdered and her sister gone missing in western Colombia, nine days after a pamphlet circulated declaring war on 26 indigenous community leaders in the region.
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC said the guerrillas “profoundly regret” the killing of two indigenous guards by FARC members last week.
The United Nations representative in Colombia said he is worried that the FARC guerrillas did not receive due process in an indigenous trial which found seven rebels guilty of murder,…
Tensions between a southwest Colombia indigenous community and local FARC rebels have risen after seven guerrillas were given decades in prison for their involvement in the killings of two men,…
A wave of outrage swept across the Cauca state in southwestern Colombia after the murder of two members of the indigenous guard allegedly committed by a group of FARC fighters.
Locals from a rural village in the southwest of Colombia have discovered landmines around the local health center, local media reported Tuesday.
At least 18 bodies were found in three mass graves in a rural, war-stricken area in southwestern Colombia. The remains are thought to be of victims of a guerrilla massacre that took…
Organized crime group “Los Rastrojos” has threatened to kill black and indigenous communities who have called on authorities to shut down an illegally-operated goldmine in the region.
Indigenous communities in southwest Colombia are celebrating the formal recognition of the country’s first indigenous university.