Published by Omar Vásquez and Melissa de la Hoz on July 20, 2020.
This 2014 Simón Bolívar prize documentary, now shared on YouTube, features the struggle for justice of relatives of military “false positives” victims. (Versión en español)
July 20, 2020
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.
July 17, 2020
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.
July 13, 2020
Publicado por El Tiempo el 10 de julio de 2020.
Gen. Jaime Lasprilla, a former commander of Colombia’s army, denies that a recent spate of cases of sexual violence represents a systematic problem within the armed forces.
July 10, 2020
Publicado por la Fundación Paz y Reconciliación el 10 de julio de 2020.
A discussion of mounting allegations of sexual violence committed by military personnel.
July 10, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 9 de julio de 2020.
Another allegation of military sexual abuse, this time involving marines in Putumayo.
July 9, 2020
Publicado por la Comisión Colombiana de Juristas el 9 de julio de 2020.
Presentation of a report about paramilitary massacres in the Montes de María region in 2000 and 2001, and the military’s role.
July 9, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 6 de julio de 2020.
One of several allegations of recent military sexual abuse, in this case of an indigenous girl in Risaralda.
July 6, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 3 de julio de 2020.
Colombia’s Army announces the firing of 31 soldiers alleged to have been involved in sexual abuse of minors.
July 3, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 2 de julio de 2020.
Another case of alleged military sexual abuse, this time in Huila.
July 2, 2020
Publicado por El Tiempo el 1 de julio de 2020.
Army Commander Gen. Eduardo Zapateiro addresses growing allegations of sexual abuse committed by members of the military.
July 1, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 1 de julio de 2020.
The commander of Colombia’s army discusses a growing number of allegations of sexual abuse committed by soldiers.
July 1, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 1 de julio de 2020.
The grave situation of the Nukak people of Guaviare, who were first contacted in the 1980s, which has come under greater focus after allegations of military personnel committing sexual violence against a Nukak girl.
July 1, 2020
Publicado por El Tiempo el 1 de julio de 2020.
A brief overview of revelations of military personnel raping indigenous girls.
July 1, 2020
Publicado por El Tiempo el 1 de julio de 2020.
An interview with Vice-Procuradora Adriana Herrera Beltrán about growing allegations of military involvement in sexual abuse of minors.
July 1, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 1 de julio de 2020.
A discussion with two opposition legislators about the need for military reform amid a wave of human rights scandals.
July 1, 2020
Publicado por El Espectador Colombia 2020 el 1 de julio de 2020.
A community in the Catatumbo region disputes the military’s account of the death of a 22-year-old man, alleging that it was an extrajudicial execution.
July 1, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 30 de junio de 2020.
A look at the psychological profile of soldiers who have committed an alarming number of cases of sexual abuse around the country.
June 30, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 30 de junio de 2020.
A court grants an opposition legislator’s request for a list of those illegally targeted by army surveillance.
June 30, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 29 de junio de 2020.
Military personnel allegedly raped a Nukak girl in Guaviare, the latest in a series of sexual assault allegations.
June 29, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 28 de junio de 2020.
An animated narrative of sexual violence committed by soldiers against an indigenous girl in Risaralda.
June 28, 2020
Community members in the village of Filoguamo, in Teorama municipality in Norte de Santander’s Catatumbo region, allege that Army soldiers killed social leader Salvador Jaimes Durán. The military’s Vulcano Task Force, which operates in Catatumbo, releases a photo of guerrillas insinuating that Durán was a member of the ELN. The ELN denies it and the guerrillas release a recording of the individual who appeared in the photo.
June 27, 2020
Publicado por Semana el 25 de junio de 2020.
Several senators discuss revelations that Army personnel raped an indigenous girl in Risaralda.
June 25, 2020
Embera indigenous community leaders in Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, denounce that a group of soldiers raped a 12-year-old girl. The Prosecutor-General’s Office (Fiscalia) reports that seven soldiers have pleaded guilty, but 25 more “may have had knowledge of this act.” President Duque promises, “We will get to the bottom of the investigations, and if we have to inaugurate the use of life sentences with them, we will do so.” An Army spokesperson says that the institution will not be providing defense lawyers for the accused.
Ultra-conservative ruling party Senator María Fernanda Cabal, known for her incendiary statements and for being the wife of the president of Colombia’s cattlemen’s federation, tweets that the rape allegation might be a “judicial false positive” instigated by those who wish to defame the armed forces.
June 22, 2020
