Former warlord extradited to Colombia following eight-year stint in US jail

[caption id="attachment_26440" align="aligncenter" width="506"] Hebert Veloza arriving in Colombia from the United States (Pic courtesy of Migración...

Going coastal

[caption id="attachment_22855" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A chance meeting with a drunken paramilitary is a sobering experience.[/caption] In...

Social activists continue to be murdered

[caption id="attachment_22444" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Pacifista have documented 39 social activist deaths since the peace agreement was...

Police targets of plan pistola

[caption id="attachment_22066" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Sicarios, or assassins, are paid a bounty for killing a police...

Paramilitary activity: ‘Government must recognise problem and fight it’

[caption id="attachment_21773" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Miguel Choza Fernández of the OIDHACO.[/caption] Miguel Choza Fernández of the...

Colombian activists hit hardest by spiralling violence

[caption id="attachment_20927" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Colombian activists continue to be targeted throughout the country. Photo: Fundación...

Paramilitary violence on the rise

[caption id="attachment_20014" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The rise in human rights and community activists deaths is directly related to the...

Why we hate the FARC (and not so the paramilitaries)

As new research shows the role the media coverage has played in fuelling misconceptions about the FARC and paramilitaries in the Colombian conflict,...