Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS was officially eliminated Monday after several years of scandals including paramilitary ties, illegal wiretapping, and corruption. President Juan Manuel Santos and DAS Director Felipe Muñoz formally…
The director of Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS on Tuesday denied knowledge of illegal interception of unionists’ emails and phone calls by DAS employees, following the announcement that the Inspector General’s…
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office has officially begun an investigation into the director of Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS, Colombian media reported. DAS chief Felipe Muñoz is being investigated for failing to…
Colombian weekly Semana began publishing evidence Sunday of criminal activities by members of the country’s already severely disgraced intelligence agency DAS, whose almost entire intelligence database was leaked to media…
Colombian opposition party Polo Democratico (PDA) said Monday the country’s police and intelligence agency DAS are continuing to illegally wiretap opposition politicians. Senator Alexander Lopez, spokesman of the socialist PDA…
Detectives from DAS, Colombia’s intelligence agency have arrested the former mayor of the Pacific port city Buenaventura for embezzlement, Colombian media reported Friday. Ex Mayor Saulo Quiñones Garcia along with…
Illegal mining is on the rise in Colombia, and is often operated by criminal groups, according to a study conducted by Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS. DAS estimated that 50% of the…
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, who often clashed with the country’s judiciary while in power, has said that the country’s justice system still has “ideological bias,” despite reforms. In an…
Disgraced ex-director of Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS Jorge Noguera, convicted for the paramilitary infiltration of the agency, has refused all cooperation with justice, Caracol Radio reported Wednesday. In an eight-page…