Deadly in-law of AUC founders captured in southwest Colombia
The half-sister-in-law of the founders of defunct paramilitary organization AUC was captured Tuesday for the murder of a land activist after a long police hunt that began in 2011.
The half-sister-in-law of the founders of defunct paramilitary organization AUC was captured Tuesday for the murder of a land activist after a long police hunt that began in 2011.
Cargill International, the world’s largest agricultural commodities trader, used a network of shell corporations to take advantage of a program the Colombian government initiated to provide land-rights access to small-scale…
Colombian congressman Wilson Arias has received personal death threats by people who believe that the congressman has harmed the agricultural industry by denouncing politicians’ role in land theft scandals, he…
Colombia’s former vice-president and current presidential hopeful for the 2014 elections, Francisco Santos, has been implicated in a land theft scandal that has already forced the resignation of the country’s…
Two businessmen operating in northwestern Colombia have been convicted for ties to paramilitary groups, local media reported on Sunday.
Colombia’s ambassador in Washington resigned after being implicated in an alleged case of land theft, President Juan Manuel Santos said Tuesday.
A politician and 20 others were arrested on Saturday after an investigation into land theft and a double homicide in northeastern Colombia.
Colombia’s federation of cattle ranchers, representing the country’s large land owners, on Friday rejected a recently made agrarian deal with the FARC that according to the agricultural businessmen includes Venezuela-like…
Colombia’s ambassador to the United States is implicated in the fraudulent legalizing of stolen lands for major Colombian companies, a Colombian senator said Sunday.