While Colombian authorities mitigate the spread of COVID-19 with the Health Emergency, criminal groups are terrorizing rural populations under quarantine.
Despite large mobilizations of peaceful protestors during the Paro Nacional, President Iván Duque and Bogotá Mayor Claudia López have called for swift justice for vandals.
The Colombian Government will guarantee the right of citizens to protest peacefully during Thursday’s national strike while, at the same time, enforcing security to combat violence and vandalism.
In a potentially devastating blow to the 2016 Colombian peace accords, former FARC commanders have announced their “return to arms” and alliance with the ELN guerrilla.
Venezuelan protestors at the border crossing in Villa Rosario are battling Maduro’s security forces and paramilitaries known as Colectivos after humanitarian aid was destroyed.
A 49-year old German citizen, Frank Reimschneider was taken into custody Friday after he brutally attacked a couple in their centrally-located Bogotá apartment.
On a day for speaking out against violence toward women, significant threats still remain for Colombia’s female population.
Over the last two weeks, four women have been attacked by acid purchased on the streets of Bogotá. The public outrage against gender violence is overwhelming.