Published by The Guardian on November 19, 2020.
A profile of Gen. (Ret.) Mario Montoya and the legacy of the “False Positives” human rights scandal.
The ‘false positives’ scandal that felled Colombia’s military hero
Reports tagged “Civil-Military Relations”
Links to long-form information about peace, security, and human rights in Colombia
Desde el inicio hasta el final: Estados Unidos en el conflicto armado colombiano
Publicado por FORPP, SICSAL, y SOA Watch el 8 de octubre de 2020.
Drawing a link between U.S. security assistance to Colombia and human rights abuses committed during the conflict.
Resumen Ejecutivo informe ante el SIVJRNR La Brigada más “Efectiva”: Crímenes de la Cuarta Brigada bajo la seguridad democrática y el Plan Colombia (2002-2003)
Publicado por la Corporación Jurídica Libertad y otras organizaciones el 1 de octubre de 2020.
A report, submitted to the transitional justice system, about extrajudicial executions committed by the Colombian Army’s Medellín-based 4th Brigade.
Fuerzas Militares y la protección del ambiente: Roles, riesgos y oportunidades
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 17 de septiembre de 2020.
Explores appropriate possible roles for the armed forces in combating rising deforestation.
Negación de nexos de Fuerza Pública con paramilitares: “farsa que no vale ni una moneda de cinco centavos”
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 2 de septiembre de 2020.
Recently declassified U.S. government documents from the 1990s attest to the Colombian military’s low morale and collaboration with paramilitary groups.
Mario Paciolla: ¿el costo de la caída de un ministro?
Publicado por El Espectador el 2 de septiembre de 2020.
An investigation points to evidence that an Italian volunteer with the UN Verification Mission may have been murdered for reporting on a military bombardment that killed several child recruits.
El Aro: ¿Qué tiene que ver Álvaro Uribe Vélez?
Publicado por Semana el 29 de agosto de 2020.
A rundown of the 1997 paramilitary massacre in Antioquia that, some allege, received support from the office of then-governor Álvaro Uribe.
Liberacion Informes de Inteligencia Operacion Atai
Publicado por Cuestión Pública y DeJusticia el 18 de agosto de 2020.
Documents indicate that Colombia’s military knew that forcibly recruited children were present at a FARC dissident encampment in Caquetá before bombing it in August 2019.
In Colombia, Álvaro Uribe’s Immunity Is Finally Coming to an End
Published by Jacobin on August 12, 2020.
An overview of the case against former president Álvaro Uribe and what it says about the power of the right in Colombian politics.
Garantías de no repetición, materia reprobada por el gobierno nacional
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 9 de agosto de 2020.
An analysis of the security forces’ inability to protect human rights defenders and conflict victims from renewed violence.
The Friends of “El Viejo”: Declassified Records Detail Suspected Paramilitary, Narco Ties of Former Colombian President Uribe
Published by the National Security Archive on August 31, 2020.
A trove of declassified U.S. documents raises questions about ex-president Álvaro Uribe’s possible ties to paramilitaries and narcotraffickers.
La Comisión de la Verdad y los empresarios aún no logran vencer la desconfianza
Publicado por La Silla Vacía el 31 de julio de 2020.
About the Truth Commission’s often difficult relations with Colombia’s business sector, military, and political right.
El descontrol militar en Guayabero deja civiles heridos y el Estado calla
Publicado por La Liga Contra el Silencio el 30 de julio de 2020.
Forced eradication operations are growing ever more aggressive, as documented in this account from journalists in the Guayabero River region of south-central Colombia.
El Ejército no solo mató a Salvador: lo graduó de guerrillero…sin serlo
Publicado por Vorágine el 17 de julio de 2020.
After killing him in late June in Catatumbo, Colombia’s Army claimed that Salvador Durán was an ELN member, which the group denied.
Pandemia por Violencia Sexual y Violencias Basadas en Género por Agentes Estatales
Publicado por la Coordinación Colombia-Europa-Estados Unidos el 13 de julio de 2020.
The latest pandemic human rights update from the non-governmental platform looks at recent allegations of sexual abuse by military personnel around the country.
El Silencio de las Gaitas
Lays out military responsibility for historically bloody paramilitary massacres in the Montes de María region during the early 2000s.
A New Scandal Underscores Colombia’s Stubborn Inability to Reform Military Intelligence
Published by the Washington Office on Latin America on May 7, 2020.
An overview of a year of human rights scandals in the Colombian Army’s intelligence apparatus.
Las carpetas secretas
Publicado por Semana el 1 de mayo de 2020.
New revelations of illegal activity by Colombian Army intelligence. The magazine exposes some of the contents of 130 profiles that Army spies built on reporters, politicians, human rights defenders, and even fellow officers.
Colombia en riesgo de impunidad: Puntos ciegos de la Justicia Transicional frente a crímenes internacionales de competencia de la CPI
Raises concerns about persistent impunity for human rights violations committed by state actors, and calls on the International Criminal Court to remain vigilant.
Militarización, Paramilitarización y Negación al Amparo del Estado de Emergencia Económica y Social
Publicado por la Coordinación Colombia-Europa-Estados Unidos el 20 de abril de 2020.
An update on the human rights situation amid Colombia’s COVID-19 state of emergency.
Las tres fases de los “falsos positivos” del Batallón La Popa
Publicado por El Espectador el 14 de abril de 2020.
Summary of two non-governmental organizations’ findings, based on 32 former soldiers’ testimonies to the JEP, revealing the surprisingly systematic nature of “false positives” killings during the 2000s.
Impactos y riesgos del Covid-19 en la paz y las dinámicas del conflicto
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 7 de abril de 2020.
An investigation of what COVID-19 might mean for the balance between armed and criminal groups; the humanitarian situation; migration and borders; social protest; the security forces; and implementation of the peace accord.
“El que diga que no siente miedo, tiene huevo”: periodistas de Semana
Publicado por El Espectador el 18 de enero de 2020.
Reporters who broke some of Semana’s big recent stories about human rights abuse and corruption in Colombia’s Army tell of terrifying threats, surveillance, and communications intercepts.