Concerns over violence after Colombia arrests top paramilitary chief
Following the arrest of “Otoniel,” the central command of paramilitary group AGC, a.k.a. “Clan del Golfo,” will have to choose a new leader. How this process works is unknown as…
Following the arrest of “Otoniel,” the central command of paramilitary group AGC, a.k.a. “Clan del Golfo,” will have to choose a new leader. How this process works is unknown as…
The Americas chief of Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Colombia’s government to implement a 2016 peace deal on Sunday after the report of another massacre. According to think tank Indepaz,…
Colombia’s security forces appear to have left locals in the region around Colombia’s main city on the border with Venezuela at the mercy of illegal armed groups. The Catatumbo region…
The United Nations human rights office on Sunday condemned the execution of a 12-year-old boy who was allegedly caught shoplifting in northeast Colombia. The UN rejected the murder amid public…
Multiple illegal armed groups that carry out violent attacks against civilians, security forces, and oil infrastructure are active throughout Colombia. The following maps indicate where think tank Indepaz registered and verified…
Locals from the town of Tulua found the victims of the ninth massacre in Colombia’s southwestern Valle del Cauca province on Sunday. The region around the city of Cali has…
Colombia’s mass media have been spreading disinformation over an allegedly growing public security crisis in the capital Bogota that is contradicted by local security statistics. Weekly Semana, which is close…
The recent surge in violent crime in Colombia’s cities was to be expected as authorities have ignored systemic criminal policy flaws for decades. I don’t believe many would agree that…
The mayor of Colombia’s capital Bogota wants to deploy some 2,000 Military Police officers to help curb a surge in violent crime. Bogota Mayor Claudia Lopez announced she would seek…