Publicado por Semana el 28 de julio de 2020.
Illegal mining is worsening in Chocó’s Atrato River basin.
July 28, 2020
La guerra contra la minería ilegal
Tag: Security Deterioration
Las guerras del Eln por dominar la frontera venezolana en Norte de Santander
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 27 de julio de 2020.
The ELN is the largest of several armed groups operating, and mostly fighting each other bitterly, along the border between Norte de Santander department and Venezuela.
July 27, 2020
Colombia: un gran mercado de armas sin incentivos para reducirlo
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 27 de julio de 2020.
Identifies loopholes and weaknesses in Colombia’s laws and procedures for limiting weapons sales.
July 27, 2020
Impactos de la pandemia en la seguridad y convivencia en las ciudades colombianas
Publicado por la Fundación Paz y Reconciliación el 24 de julio de 2020.
A discussion of how urban security is changing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
July 24, 2020
Por lo menos 140 bandas criminales ponen en riesgo la vida en Medellín
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 21 de julio de 2020.
An overview, relying on studies from the Defensoría, of recent criminal gang dynamics in Medellín.
July 21, 2020
El terror de una comunidad del Bajo Baudó que vive entre el fuego cruzado
Publicado por Semana el 21 de julio de 2020.
An interview with social leader Luis Ernesto Olave from Chocó department’s Bajo Baudó region, which is suffering intense combat between the ELN and the Gulf Clan.
July 21, 2020
July 18, 2020
The Rastrojos, a remnant of what had been a larger post-AUC paramilitary group, massacres seven people in rural Tibú, Norte de Santander. The attack displaces 400 people. Meanwhile an armed group’s explosive on the roadside between Cúcuta and Tibú kills two soldiers and wounds eight more. The violence highlights a worsening conflict between the Rastrojos and the ELN for control of border crossings between Colombia (Tibú, Puerto Santander, and Cúcuta municipalities) and Venezuela.
July 18, 2020
Atentado en Corinto, Cauca, deja un muerto y un capturado
Publicado por Semana el 17 de julio de 2020.
Report on an attack, believed by FARC dissidents, in northern Cauca.
July 17, 2020
July 15, 2020
For security reasons, Colombia’s government helps to relocate an entire settlement of demobilized FARC guerrillas from the Román Ruiz post-conflict demobilization site (ETCR) in Ituango, Antioquia, to the neighboring municipality of Mutatá, several hours’ drive away, where the government has rented new land. Twelve members of the ETCR had been killed in the site’s vicinity since the FARC demobilized. The Gulf Clan and Caparros paramilitary groups are active in Ituango, as are dissident members of the FARC’s old 18th Front.
July 15, 2020
Colombia: Armed Groups’ Brutal Covid-19 Measures
Published by Human Rights Watch on July 15, 2020.
Warns of the vicious measures that illegal armed groups have taken to enforce COVID-19 lockdowns, and control territory, in several parts of the country.
July 15, 2020
Mafias pagan 5 millones de pesos por hectárea deforestada en el Meta
Publicado por Semana Sostenible el 8 de julio de 2020.
Reveals the role of dissident groups and cattle ranching in the destruction of forest and national park land in Colombia’s south-central department of Meta.
July 8, 2020
Monitor de Violencia Política en Colombia
Publicado por CERAC el 7 de julio de 2020.
Finds a 55 percent increase in deaths from political violence during the first half of 2020, compared with the first half of 2019.
July 7, 2020
Reporte del conflicto con el ELN
Publicado por CERAC el 7 de julio de 2020.
Finds an increase in ELN violence due mainly to the group’s February 2020 “armed strike.”
July 7, 2020
An overview of Colombia’s latest conflict dynamics and prospects for peace in times of coronavirus
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 3 de julio de 2020.
A heavily graphical overview of where the conflict stands at the moment. Includes an accompanying infographic: English / Español
July 3, 2020
Colombia Update: Attacks on Social Leaders, Forced Eradication Operations, and Ongoing Abuses Amid the Pandemic
We are grateful to all the members of the U.S. Congress who signed the Dear Colleague letter on Colombia to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo concerning social leaders that Representatives James McGovern (D-MA) and Mark Pocan (D-WI) are circulating. For those who haven’t signed, we strongly encourage you to do so by Friday, June 26. This letter will help advance protections for social leaders and help to prevent further abuses like those listed below from continuing to take place. Since our last urgent action on May 19 we received the following information:
Human Rights Abuses
July 2, 2020
Los niños vuelven a la guerra
Publicado por Semana el 29 de junio de 2020.
Armed and criminal groups are increasing their recruitment of child combatants.
June 29, 2020
Los niños vuelven a la guerra
Publicado por Semana el 27 de junio de 2020.
Animated video accompanying a Semana story about armed groups’ increased recruitment of children.
June 27, 2020
Colombia Update: Attacks on Social Leaders, Forced Eradication Operations, and Ongoing Abuses Amid the Pandemic
Published by WOLA on June 26, 2020.
WOLA’s latest monthly urgent update on the situation of human rights defenders and social leaders in Colombia.
June 26, 2020
La seguridad en tiempos de covid-19
Publicado por la Fundación Ideas para la Paz el 25 de junio de 2020.
A discussion of citizen security during the COVID-19 pandemic with Jerónimo Castillo of the Fundación Ideas para la Paz.
June 25, 2020
¿Aumentar o no el pie de fuerza ante el incremento de inseguridad en Colombia?
Publicado por Semana el 24 de junio de 2020.
A discussion of potential measures to deal with an increase in common crime.
June 24, 2020
Comunidad indígena siona, confinada por las minas y los grupos armados
Publicado por El Espectador Colombia 2020 el 23 de junio de 2020.
A look at the security challenges faced by the Siona people of Putumayo.
June 23, 2020
La lucha por los derechos del río Atrato
Publicado por El Espectador Colombia 2020 el 21 de junio de 2020.
Afro-descendant communities along Chocó’s Atrato River fight to protect the river from the conflict’s effects.
June 21, 2020
June 14, 2020
Armed men massacre four people and wound two others in Samaniego, Nariño, a zone of longtime ELN influence. The National Police reportedly hypothesize that the massacre was a dispute over narcotrafficking. One of those wounded was arrested in April 2019 and charged by the Prosecutor-General’s Office (Fiscalía) of ELN affiliation; the charges were later dropped.
June 14, 2020
Radiografía de la ominosa presencia de los carteles mexicanos
Publicado por la Fundación Paz y Reconciliación el 10 de junio de 2020.
Examines how Mexican drug trafficking organizations have financed and linked up with Colombian counterparts during the post-accord period.
June 10, 2020
Presencia de carteles mexicanos en Colombia: ¿seguridad en jaque?
Publicado por Semana el 10 de junio de 2020.
A discussion with experts about the activities of Mexican criminal organizations in Colombia.
June 10, 2020