Colombia’s former executive director of the U.S.-funded counter-narcotics initiative “Plan Colombia” was called for questioning Monday to respond to allegations she had ties with the AUC, responsible for most drug…
Extradited paramilitary leader “Jorge 40” was sentenced to 26 years in prison by a Colombian court on Friday. Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, alias Jorge 40, was sentenced for his involvement in…
The Prosecutor General’s Office is to investigate Jorge Visbal Martelo, Colombia’s ambassador to Peru, for his alleged ties to paramilitary groups, El Espectador newspaper reported Monday. The investigation is to…
The government reclaims land in the Magdalena department that was inadvertently handed over to connections of paramilitary Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, alias “Jorge 40,” El Espectador reported Wednesday. Jorge 40’s men originally…
A Colombian judge sentences extradited paramilitary boss “Jorge 40” to 47 years in jail for the November 2000 massacre of 40 civilians in the Magdalena department. The judge ruled that…
Joaquin Perez, dubbed “the devils’ lawyer” for defending some of Colombia’s biggest paramilitaries, said in an interview with Uno that multinational companies had an interest in maintaining ties with Colombian…
Extradited paramilitary Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, alias “Jorge 40,” refuses to testify in the parapolitics trials against former Magdalena Governor Jose Domingo Davila, and former director of government security agency DAS, Jorge…
The Colombian Prosecutor General’s Office on Monday asked the nation’s Institute for Rural Development to seize and redistribute 36 properties linked to paramilitary commander Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, alias “Jorge 40.” The…
Arnulfo Sanchez Gonzalez, Colombia’s most wanted criminal in the northern department La Guajira, continues to elude capture and run his criminal network thanks to help from the local Wayuu tribe,…