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Colombia to exhume murdered justice minister’s body - Colombia …
WEBTaran Volckhausen February 23, 2016. Rodrigo Lara (Image credit: Central Bank) More than 30 years after his death, prosecution investigators will exhume the body of former Colombian Justice Minister Rodrigo Lara, who was killed in 1984, possibly in conjunction with security officials. In 1984, only eight months after taking office, the 37-year ...
AGC / Clan del Golfo (Gulf Clan) | Colombia Reports
WEBOct 25, 2021 · The “Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia” (AGC), a.k.a. “Gulf Clan,” is Colombia’s most powerful paramilitary group that allegedly controls most of the country’s drug trade. Authorities formally consider the AGC a “Class A Organized Armed Group” and claim the group is the main ally of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel from Mexico.
Colombia claims feared FARC dissident commander is dead
WEBJun 14, 2022 · War in southwest Colombia far from over. The 1,800 armed members of the groups that belong to the CCO are at war with the security forces, guerrilla group ELN, FARC dissident group “Segunda Marquetalia” and paramilitary group AGC.. These armed conflicts have made the southwest of Colombia, and Cauca in particular, one of the most violent regions in the country.
Poverty and inequality - Colombia Reports
WEBSep 25, 2023 · Poverty in Colombia decreased in last year after a major surge caused by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.. Colombia’s poverty rate. Colombia poverty rate dropped slightly in 2022, the statistics agency DANE said in its annual report. According to the DANE, almost 19 million people lived off less than …
Colombia marks 25th anniversary of Galan's assasination
WEBAug 18, 2014 · Luis Carlos Galan, a favored presidential candidate and outspoken enemy of Colombia’s drug cartels, was assassinated 25 years ago on August 18 during a campaign rally outside Bogota.. At the time of his assassination in 1989, Luis Carlos Galan was predicted in polls to win the 1990 presidential term with 60% of the votes, according to El Espectador newspaper.
Crime and security in Bogota | Colombia Reports
WEBJan 19, 2023 · Armed robbery in Bogota has been growing over the years and reached record levels in 2019. The 2020 coronavirus plummeted the number of reported cases, but appears to also have had a long-term effect. Also in the months after the lockdown, reports of armed robberies and other crimes remained …
Colombia’s military suspected of tampering war crime witnesses
WEBby Adriaan Alsema February 18, 2021. Colombia’s war crimes tribunal ordered investigations into the military for allegedly tampering witnesses testifying against former commanders over the mass killing of civilians. The Special Jurisdiction for Peace formally asked the Prosecutor General’s Office and Inspector General’s Office to ...
Understanding Colombia's conflict: Weak, corrupt state
WEBJan 13, 2015 · Colombia's capitol building in Bogota. (Image credit: Wesley Tomaselli) Underlying many of the problems which have led to or exacerbated Colombia’s conflict, from economic and land inequality to drug-trafficking, is the central problem of a weak state. The absence of state institutions throughout much of the country, and corrupted ...
Travel - Colombia Reports
WEBColombia preparing tropical paradise for tourism after 500 years of chaos. January 31, 2023. Colombia’s government is trying to promote responsible tourism on the “Rosario Islands” national park after 500 years of colonial and illegal occupation. The country’s National Parks authority is carefully trying….