Colombia’s President Ivan Duque ordered authorities to urgently meet and come up with increased protection measures for demobilized FARC rebels after an escalation in assassinations. Duque, who is on a…
A former FARC rebel who became a journalist after his demobilization in 2017 was assassinated in the southwest of Colombia, according to his employer NC Noticias. Anderson Perez is the…
Deadly political violence in Colombia spiked in May after months of decline, according to conflict monitor CERAC. According to CERAC, politically motivated violence particularly targeted local political activists and leaders…
Prosecution officials arrested two men for their alleged participation in an attempted massacre of Afrocolombian leaders in southwest Colombia last month. According to the prosecution, the two suspects took part…
Colombia’s opposition parties reiterated their concern on Thursday after far-right group “Aguilas Negras” threatened to kill “all leftist followers of Senator Gustavo Petro,” who lost last year’s election to President…
“Jesus Santrich” was moved to an intensive care unit in Colombia’s capital Bogota on Saturday, after he was allegedly poisoned while in custody of the country’s prison authorities. Santrich was…
A former guerrilla commander who was in charge of FARC members’ reintegration in southwest Colombia was assassinated on Tuesday. The attack that killed Jorge Enrique Corredor, a.k.a. “Wilson Saavedra” took…
With five months to go to Colombia’s local elections in October, electoral observers said on Wednesday that violence levels have already surpassed that of the 2015 elections. According to the…
The 16 black minority leaders who survived an assassination attempt in southwest Colombia on Saturday on Monday received threats claiming “this is just the beginning of your extermination.” According to…