The Massacre of Trujillo refers to multiple and successive human rights violations committed between 1988 and 1994 in the municipalities of Trujillo, Bolivar, and Riofrio (Valle del Cauca), including enforced disappearances, torture and the murders of approximately 340 people at the hands of a coordinated criminal structure which included members of the Army, Police, local politicians and paramilitaries from the North Valle cartel. Continue reading Trujillo massacre
The Vandals’ Poster
During the smale scale farmers’ strike of August 2013, the Police published what they called “The Vandals’ Poster”,[1] a poster showing photographs of 48 people who were “protagonists of acts of vandalism against the city and disproportionate aggression against the Security Forces”,[2] including Alejandro Ospina Cogua, a student at the Universidad Pedagógica de Bogotá. Continue reading The Vandals’ Poster
Murder of Jhonny Silva
Lawyer Jorge Molano represents the relatives of Jhonny Silva, a student at Universidad del Valle, killed by members of the Police riot squad Escuadrón Móvil Antidisturbios (ESMAD) in 2005 during a student demonstration. Continue reading Murder of Jhonny Silva
CCAJAR: 2004 – 2016
Among the most severe attacks against CCAJAR between 2004 and 2016, the following are worthy of note:
COS-PACC: 2016
Among the most severe aggressions towards COS-PACC in 2016, the following ones are noteworthy: