Colombia jails businessman for stealing development funds
A judge in Colombia’s capital Bogota sentenced a businessman to four years in prison for embezzling more than $17 million (COP70 billion) meant to provide internet to children in rural…
A judge in Colombia’s capital Bogota sentenced a businessman to four years in prison for embezzling more than $17 million (COP70 billion) meant to provide internet to children in rural…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office included the finance minister and other close allies of President Gustavo Petro in an ongoing investigation into corruption at disaster management unit UNGRD. The investigations seek…
Colombia’s Supreme Court removed the magistrates who were investigating congressmen’s alleged corruption from the case after the testimony of the main suspect was leaked. In a press statement, the court…
The government of President Gustavo Petro wanted to use disaster management funds to buy congressional support, the former director of disaster management unit UNGRD told the Supreme Court. In a…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office asked the Supreme Court to investigate nine congressmen for their alleged involvement in a corruption scandal. The lawmakers would have conspired to embezzle funds with former…
Colombia’s prison authority INPEC said Wednesday that Salvatore Mancuso, the former commander of paramilitary organization AUC, has been released from prison. Mancuso was released after a Bogota judge confirmed that…
Deforestation in Colombia dropped 36% in 2023, said Environment Minister Susana Muhamad on Tuesday. The number of hectares of tropical forest that were lost through went from 123,517 in 2022…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro laid out his government’s arguments in favor of a major overhaul of Colombia’s constitution. Petro’s new interior minister, Juan Fernando Cristo, said that he would begin…
Colombia President Gustavo Petro appointed a new interior minister in another attempt to push forward his government’s reform agenda. Petro announced the appointment of Juan Fernando Cristo, a senior Liberal…