Colombia’s Supreme Court sentenced former congressman for the northern Magdalena department Jorge Castro Pacheco to seven years and six months in jail, after finding him guilty of parapolitics. Castro Pacheco…
Dozens of people were murdered by the Colombian army and presented as guerillas killed in combat in the central Meta department, according to leaders from the now-demobilized paramilitary group AUC. Former…
Colombia’s representative for the Tolima department, Javier Ramiro Devia, has been arrested following allegations that he has links with the paramilitaries, reports El Tiempo. The arrest was ordered by the…
DAS director Felipe Muñoz will present a report to Colombian Congress Tuesday, detailing the continued infiltration of DAS by criminal gangs, and will recommend that the scandal-plagued security agency be…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has denied claims by former paramilitary leader Salvatore Manusco that the AUC coalition helped Uribe’s election campaign in 2002, reported Pais. “Because of my democratic…
Indigenous leaders in Colombia’s south-western Valle del Cauca department allege that demobilized paramilitary group the AUC sent them threatening leaflets, declaring them to be “enemies” and military targets, reports to El Espectador. Thirty-six leaders…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General says demobilized paramilitary boss Salvatore Mancuso was responsible for over 10,000 deaths in the department of Norte de Santander during his time as leader of the AUC’s…
Two Colombian former paramilitary leaders told a reparations hearing that the demobilization process is a failure, with paramilitary fighters rearming and rejoining illegal groups, reports CM&. Speaking at a court-ordered…
Former Colombian President Ernesto Samper said Tuesday that he had been aware of plans by now-presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos to coordinate a coup during Samper’s time as head of…