After former President Alvaro Uribe extradited demobilized AUC paramilitary bosses in 2008, a war broke out that killed thousands. The arrest of FARC leader “Jesus Santrich” is different.
Former paramilitary warlord “HH” was extradited to Colombia eight years after he was sent to the US to serve a prison sentence for drug trafficking, migration authorities said Tuesday. Hebert…
A wealthy man named Jaime Angulo was arrested on Monday for a crime committed nearly 20 years ago to the day, one that forever altered a town called Ituango. According…
The former leader of Colombia’s state-loyal paramilitary groups said Thursday he will take part in his country’s transitional justice system, increasing pressure on Congress. Former AUC chief Salvatore Mancuso is…
Former Medellin and Norte del Valle Cartel members have come out in defense of former President Alvaro Uribe’s brother, whose murder and conspiracy trial starts Friday. Santiago Uribe will have…
Colombia’s government failed to account for an excess of $137 million made by the now-defunct AUC paramilitary organization through mining, which should have been used for victim reparation, reported El…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office is investigating suspicions that demobilized paramilitary commanders bribed the transitional justice system that was supposed to try their crimes, newspaper El Tiempo reported. According to the…
Colombia’s largest disarmed rebel group FARC and commanders of the guerrillas’ former arch enemy, the paramilitary AUC, have agreed to both testify before a Truth Commission. The historic meeting between…
Daniel Rendon, a.k.a. “Don Mario,” is the extradited founder of paramilitary group Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AGC), or “Gulf Clan,” and allegedly the “Aguilas Negras.” Rural origins Mario and…