‘Don Berna’
Diego Fernando Murillo, a.k.a. “Don Berna,” is probably the most important figure in the history of crime in Medellin after Pablo Escobar, his former boss.
Diego Fernando Murillo, a.k.a. “Don Berna,” is probably the most important figure in the history of crime in Medellin after Pablo Escobar, his former boss.
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal could pose a major threat to Colombia’s military and private sector as an increasing number of former paramilitary leaders say they will reveal their collaborators and…
Extradited drug trafficker Miguel Angel Mejia requested political asylum in the United States, reported newspaper El Tiempo on Monday. According to newspaper El Tiempo, Mejia is “close to leaving prison”…
US migration agency ICE said Thursday it has arrested a former executive of Colombia’s now-defunct intelligence agency DAS for the 2004 assassination of a sociologist. The former deputy director of…
Extradited paramilitary chief Salvatore Mancuso said Tuesday that he supports an ongoing peace process with FARC guerrillas and accused state officials of trying to derail war crime investigations. In his…
A former top official of Colombia’s now-defunct state intelligence agency ordered the killing one of Colombia’s most beloved comedians, a court ruled Tuesday. Just one day after the 19th anniversary…
The former boss of Colombia’s ranchers’ federation was sentenced to nine years in prison on Thursday for his leading role in a bloody paramilitary offensive that displaced millions. Business leader,…
Far-right death squads controlled approximately half of Colombia’s congress in the early 2000s, according to one of the paramilitaries’ most important political chiefs. Ivan Roberto Duque, the political leader of…
The former chief commander of the AUC, warlord Salvatore Mancuso, will cooperate with his country’s war crimes tribunal to crimes committed during the armed conflict. Mancuso was extradited to the…