A refinery (for turning crude oil in to cocaine precursor chemicals) that the Army alleges was run by the ELN in Barbacoas, Nariño.
May 8, 2020
Public domain photographs about peace, security, and human rights in Colombia
May 8, 2020
Tweet: “Two restitution measures and one satisfaction measure contemplated in the comprehensive reparation plan, will be implemented in La Gabarra township, Tibú municipality, Norte de Santander, one of the populations most affected by the armed conflict.”
May 8, 2020
A coca paste lab in Tarazá, Antioquia, that the Army alleges to have been property of the Gulf Clan.
May 4, 2020
Members of the Army’s anti-kidnapping and extortion unit (GAULA) visit Bojayá, Chocó, site of a 2002 FARC massacre.
May 4, 2020
Members of the Army’s anti-kidnapping and extortion unit (GAULA) visit Bojayá, Chocó, site of a 2002 FARC massacre.
May 3, 2020
Troops from the Army’s 4th Brigade eradicate coca in Antioquia department.
May 3, 2020
Colombia’s Army reports that four ELN members turned themselves in to troops in El Tambo, Cauca.
May 2, 2020
The Colombian Army’s Cauca Specific Command destroys a coca paste kitchen that it attributes to the Jaime Martínez FARC dissident group in rural Jamundí, Valle del Cauca.
April 18, 2020
Demobilized combatants participate in volunteer food distribution during the coronavirus lockdown in Cali.
April 7, 2020
President Iván Duque reports on the launch of the “Orion 5” counter-drug naval campaign, carried out with the United States and 23 other countries.
March 30, 2020
Caption: “La @DefensoriaCol acompaña en el aeropuerto El Dorado de Bogotá la llegada de 64 personas deportadas de Estados Unidos. Se busca, en compañía de sus familias, garantizarles sus derechos en las actuales circunstancias de cuarentena y un pronto reencuentro con sus seres queridos.”
March 14, 2020
The humanitarian portion of a joint U.S.-Colombian military exercise in La Guajira, “Ejercicio Vita.”
March 13, 2020
U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg and Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo visit the joint U.S.-Colombian “Ejercicio Vita” military exercise in La Guajira.
March 12, 2020
Tweet, translated, reads: “Members of Joint Task Force Bravo, Colombian military forces, Colombian Civil Defense, volunteers from Fundación Universitaria Juan N. Corpas and from Universidad Nacional de Colombia fly about 3 hours per day in Chinook helicopters to reach remote regions of La Guajira with the medical mission of “Ejercicio Vita” [a joint U.S.-Colombian military exercise in La Guajira].
March 9, 2020
Colombian President Iván Duque meets with UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
March 3, 2020
At U.S. Southern Command’s Miami headquarters, Colombia’s Chief of Defense Maj. Gen. Luis Navarro Jiménez meets with Southcom commander Adm. Craig Faller “to discuss regional security and defense cooperation.”
March 2, 2020
Colombian President Iván Duque meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington.
March 2, 2020
Colombian President Iván Duque meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington.
March 2, 2020
Colombian President Iván Duque meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington.
February 29, 2020
Indigenous community leaders and FARC leaders participate in a meeting in Dabeiba, Antioquia, aimed at moving toward reconciliation and reparations.
February 26, 2020
Gen. Daniel Walrath, the commander of U.S. Army South, the U.S. Southern Command’s Army component, visits Tumaco and the La Macarena region of southern Colombia.
February 19, 2020
U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg and USAID Mission Director Larry Sacks visit the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, Colombia’s post-conflict transitional justice body.
February 18, 2020
Forensic investigators from the Special Jurisdiction for Peace at a mass grave in the town cemetery of Dabeiba, Antioquia, where they have uncovered more than 50 bodies. Many are believed to be victims of Army killings.
February 18, 2020
The Truth Commission receives seven testimonies from former members of the FARC Secretariat.
February 13, 2020
While visiting Montelíbano, Córdoba, President Iván Duque responds to the ELN’s declaration of an “armed strike.” He says, “Colombia is united to confront this criminal group, this terrorist group, these recruiters of minors, these eco-killers.”