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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is visiting Colombia as the South American nation readies to mark the the fifth anniversary of a fragile peace agreement reached between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The 2016 peace agreement saw about 13,000...

The International Criminal Court said it would close a 17-year preliminary examination into Colombia for war crimes and crimes against humanity in recognition of efforts to combat impunity and guarantee justice for victims. ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said, “I am delighted to say that Colombia has...

The leader of the Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia and Colombia's most wanted drug trafficker, Dairo Antonio Usuga ("Otoniel"), was captured. "This is the biggest blow against drug trafficking in our country this century. This hit is only comparable to the fall of Pablo Escobar in the 1990s,"...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has issued a ruling holding Colombia’s government responsible for the kidnap, torture, and rape of a journalist by paramilitary groups in 2000. The ruling said the attacks against Bedoya “could not have been carried out without the consent and collaboration...