Valentina Parada Lugo

Carmen Elena is a Colombian woman whose life was upended by the violence that took the lives of her husband and her brother. Her plan to build a village that would offer a safe haven for mothers trying to keep their children from being recruited by armed groups collapsed when USAID shut down

An intelligence report links the Serb and Giovanny Andrés Rojas, known as ‘Araña,’ to a transnational drug‑trafficking network, turning their extraditions into a diplomatic issue between Washington, Bogotá, and Caracas

The remains of the religious leader, who was killed in his first battle as an ELN guerrilla, were missing for 60 years. During this period of time, his memory and legacy have been invoked either to justify the armed struggle in the country, or to criticize it

The US president has invited his Colombian counterpart to the White House and said it was a ‘great honor’ to speak to him after months of verbal attacks

The recent deaths of 15 forcibly recruited minors in military operations have sparked an unprecedented crisis for the Colombian president

Leaders on both the left and right are criticizing forced recruitment of children by illegal groups more harshly than the state’s actions

It is unlikely that all the boats attacked by the United States belong to artisanal fishermen, says an official with the Colombian Navy

Jeison Obando Pérez is recovering in a Bogotá hospital from injuries he sustained in the attack, and will likely be released despite US demands for his arrest

The right-wing leader has been acquitted on appeal nearly three months after the initial 12-year sentence; victims plan to appeal to the Supreme Court for a final ruling

The story of the co-founder of the criminal gang, who has been imprisoned in Bogotá since June 2024, reveals how he turned Colombia into the group’s operational hub and financial refuge

Three colonels from the La Popa Battalion and other high-ranking officers face trials that could see them sentenced to 20 years

The Defense Ministry said that the troops have been held since Sunday, following an operation against Iván Mordisco’s faction

This past Friday, in Bajo Putumayo, another anniversary was held to remember the military operation that killed at least eight civilians. At the time, authorities tried to pass the victims off as guerrillas killed in combat

A family was caught in the crossfire between two armed groups fighting over the area. They had returned a week earlier, after a month displaced, and left again with grief in their souls and no hope for the future

Gustavo Aníbal Giraldo, third in command of the armed group, is accused of being the architect of the attacks in Catatumbo, which have left over 50 people dead and more than 50,000 displaced in less than two weeks

The daughter of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, a declared feminist, maintains that some bad decisions overshadow the executive’s efforts to advance public policies with a gender focus