Piedad Cordoba demands $3M compensation as victim of wiretapping
Former Senator Piedad Cordoba is set to sue the Colombian State for over $3 million in compensation for illegal interceptions during the ‘chuzadas’ wiretapping scandal.
Former Senator Piedad Cordoba is set to sue the Colombian State for over $3 million in compensation for illegal interceptions during the ‘chuzadas’ wiretapping scandal.
The trial of ex-President Alvaro Uribe’s former secretary for his involvement in the illegal wiretapping of Supreme Court justices, journalists, human rights workers and opposition politicians resumed Monday. BACKGROUND: Colombia’s Dirty…
Former President Alvaro Uribe’s chief of staff, gained his liberty after a stint in jail for accusations of involvement in the illegal wiretapping of Supreme Court justices, journalists, human rights…
A Bogota court extended the international arrest warrant for the former director of the now-defunct Colombian intelligence agency DAS. Judge Fabio Fernandez extended by one year the arrest warrant of…
Colombia’s Supreme Court has postponed the date of the wiretapping trial against former officials until November 19, reported newswire CM& Tuesday. Maria del Pilar Hurtado, who served as the director…
The criminal investigation of Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe should go from its preliminary stage to a formal investigation, the chairman of the congressional investigation committee said Friday. The former…
The former president of Colombia’s Supreme Court said Thursday he became victim of “political persecution” by the “regime of [former President] Alvaro Uribe” after court rulings opposed the interests of…
Former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe’s ex-chief of security allegedly ordered the forced disappearance of two human rights workers while working in Medellin, reported radio station Caracol Wednesday. Retired general and…
Former president Alvaro Uribe’s security chief worked “hand in hand” with paramilitary organization AUC, the extradited leader of the organization testified Wednesday. Mancuso, who is being held in a U.S.…