Colombia’s police raided 11 prisons in eight cities in an attempt to shut down inmates’ involvement in extortion. The commander of the National Police, General William Salamanca, led the operation… ...
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP indicted six former FARC commanders for crimes committed against almost 19,000 children. The victims were either recruited or otherwise abused by the FARC between ...
Colombia’s Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo paid a visit to Moscow that sought to “reactivate” ties with Russia and promote peace in Ukraine. The visit came a year before the 90th anniversary of ...
Unknown arsonists destroyed the home of the director of the agency that coordinates the return of stolen land to Colombia’s armed conflict victims. Land Restitution Unit (URT) director Giovani Yule ...
President Gustavo Petro designated 18 of Colombia’s most notorious former war lords as “peace brokers” ahead of talks about their possible participation in peace building. The decree signed by Petro ...
The prosecution said Monday that it had reached a plea agreement with several corrupt former executives of Colombia’s disaster management agency UNGRD. In the deal, the former UNGRD executives and a ...
Colombia’s government has allocated $382 million (COP1.7 trillion) to respond to multiple disasters caused by what the government calls a “climate collapse.” President Gustavo Petro declared a ...