Preliminary Colombian press freedom report published
The Foundation for the Liberty of the Press (FLIP) on Tuesday released a preliminary report on press freedom in Colombia in 2009. The report finds the DAS illegal wire-tappings of…
The Foundation for the Liberty of the Press (FLIP) on Tuesday released a preliminary report on press freedom in Colombia in 2009. The report finds the DAS illegal wire-tappings of…
Colombia’s national police on Thursday took control of Interpol, which had previously been run by the scandal-hit security agency DAS, reported news agency EFE. A statement from the agency said…
Some 80 Colombian businesses from the Caribbean coast financed the northern block of demobilized paramilitary organization the AUC, according to testimony by former paramilitary leader “Don Antonio.” Edgar Ignacio Fierro…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Wednesday denied claims made in court by ex-DAS director Jorge Noquera that Uribe received periodic reports on trade union activities throughout the country, reported radio station…
Ex-director of Colombian security agency DAS, Jorge Noguera, told the Supreme Court that President Uribe had received periodic reports on trade union activities throughout the country, reported Colombian media. Noguera…
The key witness in the case against DAS officials who allegedly illegally wiretapped government opponents has died, the website of El Tiempo reported on Thursday. The deceased Jaime Fernando Ovalle…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office on Tuesday called seven former state intelligence officials to trial for the illegal wiretapping of government opponents and human rights organizations. One former director of intelligence…
The former intelligence chief of the DAS, Alberto Romero, claimed Thursday that drug traffickers are trying to frame him for the 1990 murder of presidential candidate Carlos Pizarro. Earlier that…
300 extortionists were captured and some 71 anti-gang operations orchestrated by Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS, who delivered their annual balance report Wednesday. The balance was delivered by DAS director Felipe…