Colombian security agency DAS claims to have evidence proving that Venezuela plans to murder controversial Peruvian journalist Jaime Bayly. Bayly, who is highly critical of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, wrote…
Retired General Miguel Alfredo Maza Marquez, who is being investigated for his alleged role in the 1989 assassination of presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galan, was granted bail Monday, according to…
A former DAS official, implicated in the security agency’s illegal wiretapping of Supreme Court judges, turned himself in to authorities in Bogota on Monday, reports El Espectador. Gustavo Sierra, the…
While I was an exchange student at L’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, otherwise known as Sciences Po, I took a class called “Intelligence Agencies in Democratic Societies.” My professor was…
Colombian druglord Nestor Ramon Caro Chaparro, alias “El Duro,” has been arrested in the upmarket Ipanema neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, in a joint operation between the Brazilian and Colombian…
Felipe Muñoz Gomez, director of Colombian security agency DAS, called for greater cooperation between Latin American nations to tackle the problem of human trafficking, during the First Ibero-American Congress on…
A new study into the opinions and lifestyles of 1,300 Bogota residents found that over 50% maintain prejudices against homosexuals and 31% believe that to be a “good citizen” is…
Colombia’s security agency DAS announced Thursday plans to install 28 new border patrol units around the country, intended to stop people traffickers using the country as a stop on the…
One hundred and twenty DAS employees so far have lost their jobs due to the restructuring of the scandal-hit Colombian security agency, Caracol Radio reported Thursday. DAS director Felipe Muñoz…