Fidel Castaño and the 2,000 Paramilitaries Who Sold the Cordoba Model
Kept secret for 25 years, a 1998 cable documents how U.S. multinationals and the DEA intersected with Colombian narco-vigilantes to cleanse the Córdoba region.
By Desmond Okafor ·
State Terror
Jakarta and the 98 Percent Who Voted for Freedom
While Timorese voters faced slaughter from state-backed gangs, an intelligence report from September 1999 weighed whether the Indonesian state ever intended to stop the killing
By Harlan Pryce ·
Sexual Violence and the 1998 Jakarta Killings
The link between state-sponsored rape and the murder of students remained a 'Confidential' diplomatic secret while the perpetrators walked free in the post-Suharto transition.
By Desmond Okafor ·