Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) has indicted retired General Mario Montoya Uribe and eight soldiers for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity related to the manipulation of casualty numbers.
At age 24 Violeta Arango was accused of masterminding the 2017 bombing of the Andino shopping mall in Bogotá. The bomb claimed the lives of three woman. The suspect was named a “peace manager” by President Petro.
From Oxford to creating the Latin American Centre, Malcolm Deas helped shape an understanding of Colombia’s history, peoples and ideosyncracies.
Colombian news sources affirm that FARC dissident front commander Iván Márquez has died in a Venezuelan hospital. Márquez sustained critical injuries during a 2022 attack on his rebel camp.
FARC dissidents under command of “Iván Mordisco” have threatened to “multiply the numbers of deaths, wounded and prisoners” after President Petro breaks ceasefire.
Colombia’s vast Sumapaz is back in the spotlight after locals who reside in this remote region south of Bogotá claim that FARC is encroaching into the high-altitude wetland, including the 53 Front of the dissident guerrilla.
Despite intelligence reports that claimed “Iván Mordisco” had been killed during an ambush with the Colombian Army, the FARC dissident commander appeared Sunday to outline the political objectives of his criminal organization.
President Petro has recalled the government’s peace negotiators after the ELN guerrilla attacked a military platoon in Norte de Santander killing nine soldiers and injuring nine others.
A retired army officer, Coronel Jaime Humberto Pinzón, handed over his “Medal For Distinguished Service” to the families of 53 young men who were executed as “false positives” while he commandeered the Tenth Infantry Battalion Atanasio Giradot.
Colombia is upgrading its air defense systems with the planned purchase of Dassault Rafale fighters at a moment in which the country faces no external threats from belligerent nations.
With post-conflict financing after the 2016 Peace Accord with FARC, ex-combatants are brewing an exceptional craft beer in Bogotá’s Teusaquillo neighborhood.
The fate of ex-FARC’s Iván Márquez remains a guarded state secret in Venezuela, a week after reports claimed the dissident was killed in combat.
The alleged death of ex-FARC’s Iván Márquez has raised the war of words between Venezuela’s Maduro and his archenemy Iván Duque.
During three days, the ex-FARC’s senior commanders gave their version before JEP of kidnapping practices, forced labor and sexual violence during the internal conflict.
After six decades of fighting, it is estimated that almost 20% of Colombia’s population is a direct victim of the internal conflict, including almost nine million internally displaced people.
One of Colombia’s “most wanted” criminals, alias “Gentil Duarte”, and founding member of the Second Marquetalia, was killed during raid in Venezuela.