President Juan Manuel Santos has claimed he did not make “any specific proposal” that drug-trafficking be treated as a political crime, following fierce criticism of his comments that “flexibility” be…
President Juan Manuel Santos has suggested that FARC drug-trafficking could be considered a political crime in a move aimed at boosting the peace talks through sparing guerrillas from prosecutions.
Colombia’s Supreme court will investigate the Liberal Party senate leader Horacio Serpa in connection to the 1995 murder of a prominent Conservative rival politician.
Colombia’s Ombudsman announced on Tuesday that paramilitary successor groups are active in approximately 15% of the country’s national territory, spread out over 27 of 32 states.
Medellin’s Metropolitan Police have arrested 21 members of a local gang accused of wanting to assassinate the mayor of the town of Itagui using a converted cane able to shoot .38 bullets.
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.
The Colombian government announced new measures to protect human rights defenders as a number of former members of the demobilized AUC paramilitary organization are set to be released from prison and following…
A conservative local lawmaker from the southwest of Colombia was assassinated on Tuesday.
Two more journalists received death threats this week from paramilitary successor groups as violence and intimidation continue to cast shadow’s over Colombia’s press freedoms.