Disturbing Statistics: 11,411 Deaths and 2,313 Disappearances in Colombia Revealed in Recent Report

2023-07-27 18:59:00 A total of 11,411 deaths in the country and 2,313 Colombians have disappeared in the national territory and abroad. Legal Medicine delivered its most recent report on deaths and disappearances in Colombia. In the country, 76 people died violently every day, for a total of 11,411 deaths in the country and 2,313 Colombians … Read more

Proposed Bill to Strengthen Identification of Disappeared Persons Sparks Concern among Experts

2023-06-19 03:45:00 A setback was received by the Superior Criminal Policy Council (CSPC), the State’s advisory body on this matter, a bill that seeks to modify the Institute of Legal Medicine to strengthen the identification of persons disappeared in the armed conflict. (Also read: The bad business for which the FF. MM. Retirement Fund lost … Read more

The Mysterious Death of Police Lieutenant Colonel Óscar Darío Dávila Torres: Uncovering the Truth Behind the Alleged Suicide

2023-06-12 23:31:18 According to Forensic Medicine records, the body of Police lieutenant colonel Óscar Darío Dávila Torres was handed over to them on Saturday, June 10, at night, for the necropsy. (We invite you to read: Former nanny case: the last 72 hours of the colonel’s life, key on the 13th floor) The referral of … Read more

Homicides registered in Colombia during 2022

Legal medicine reported that between January and September 2022, 9,844 homicides have been registered in the country, which is equivalent to 36 violent deaths every day in the different areas of Colombia. In the report, Legal Medicine highlighted that it is worrying that of these more than nine thousand homicides, 469 correspond only to children … Read more

Asonal opposes Gustavo Bolívar’s project that modifies Legal Medicine – Research – Justice

Through a statement from the judicial system unions (Asonal) expressed his disagreement with the Bill No. 185-22according to them, proposed by Senator Gustavo Bolivar. The initiative would change the nature of the National Institute of Legal Medicine to create an autonomous institution that was not part of the prosecution. (We recommend you read: Police deny … Read more

In La Guajira: Barranquillera found dead in Riohacha was strangled: Legal Medicine

With the passing of the hours, new details of the death of the young barranquilla Inés Álvarez, who was found dead at dawn last Monday on a beach in Riohacha, La Guajira. According to a source legal Medicine, the 19-year-old woman was strangled. Likewise, the judicial sources indicated that the body of the Atlantic woman … Read more

Legal Medicine indicates that ‘Iván Mordisco’ is not among identified bodies

The National Government assured that alias Ivan Bite fell in a bombardment last weekend after a military operation carried out in the department of Caquetá; however, the body of the guerrilla leader Néstor Gregorio Vera Fernándezwould not be among the bodies that Legal Medicine identified in its opinion issued this Friday. The entity reported that … Read more