A complex history of breakaway guerrilla groups from political and military factions such as FARC, EPL, and others like them has emerged.
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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has challenged the Salvadoran State, producing evidence of a repressive policy that has permitted excesses and a long list of denunciations, including 47 extrajudicial executions between 2015 from 2016.
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In honor of the International Day of the Victims of Forced Disappearances on August 30, Mexico’s Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (CNDH) urged the federal government to act to prevent, investigate, and punish forced disappearances.
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In October of 2014, Franco Casco was taken to a police station in Rosario, Argentina. He was then found floating dead in a river later that month.
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Gang violence in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, has uprooted the residents who live in the capital.
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The most powerful Mexican rebellion group has “renounced the armed revolution” after decades of opposition.
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Roberto D’Aubuisson Arrieta was just enshrined in the Paseo Del Carmen in Zaragoza, Spain. Many are unhappy and asking for answers.
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In 2016, after decades of violent conflict, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) struck a peace deal with the Colombian government. As FARC rebels across the country demobilize, many question what the future will hold for the territories and illicit businesses once controlled by this powerful guerrilla group.
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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is investigating the disappearance of 28-year-old Santiago Maldonado, an Argentinean activist last seen at a Mapuche protest on August 1.
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In the last 35 years, Bolivia has made five attempts to investigate disappearances that occurred during military dictatorships.
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