One of the most feared former FARC commanders has been forced to leave his integration camp because of fears for his security, according to Colombia’s top peace official. Henry Castellanos,…
Colombia’s 100,000 coca farming families are under constant threat from drug trafficking groups trying to violently counter the substitution of the plant that is the base ingredient of cocaine. Authorities…
A leader of the community that lost seven members in an alleged police massacre has been assassinated in southwest Colombia, the regional government said Tuesday. Jose Jair Cortes was the…
Colombian authorities are combating the lowest echelons of the international drug trade, cocaine production. Nariño is one of the long-neglected areas where this is rife. Like the presidential palace in…
Colombia’s national authorities have begun investigating whether police last week committed a massacre that was blamed on dissident FARC guerrillas. On Monday, the National Police announced it would suspend four…
Colombia’s police on Sunday opened fire and used teargas against international observers investigating a massacre allegedly carried out by an anti-narcotics unit a few days earlier. The commission existing of…
Fifteen civilians were killed and more than 50 were injured after security forces shot indiscriminately into a crowd of peaceful protesters in southwest Colombia Thursday, multiple sources have said. Immediately…
International organizations responded with strong statements Friday after a violent incident in southwest Colombia left multiple civilians dead, and over 50 injured. The incident occurred in Tumaco, Nariño, where farmers…
According to Colombia’s authorities, dissident FARC guerrillas launched mortars into a crowd of police and citizens, but locals and human rights organizations claim police opened fire on coca growers in…