Colombia’s Supreme Court decided to reopen the investigation into the alleged paramilitary ties of former Senate president Luis Humberto Gomez Gallo. The country’s Prosecutor General’s Office had previously closed the…
A judge in northern Colombia ruled Tuesday that the Colombian state has to pay US $1.3 million to the survivors of the 2001 El Chengue Massacre. The judicial order will…
Former head of paramilitary organization AUC, Carlos Castaño, ordered the murder of Jaime Garzon at the specific request of senior military commanders, claimed ex-paramilitary chief ‘El Aleman’ on Monday. Freddy…
Colombia’s Supreme Court absolved opposition Senator Luis Fernando Velasco of the charges had had sought political gain through pacts with paramilitary factions. According to Caracol Radio, the high court was…
Colombian authorities arrested a man they say is one of the successor of ‘Don Mario,’ the feared paramilitary druglord who was captured in April. Police sources told newspaper El Espectador…
Victims of Colombia’s violent conflict wrote to US President Obama to request permission to attend the next hearing of paramilitary leader ‘Don Berna’. According to newspaper El Colombiano, in the…
Indigenous communties in Antioquia are subject to harrassment by guerrillas and other illigal armed groups, the local indigenous organization denounced Wednesday. In an report by the newspaper El Colombia, William…
Colombia’s Peace Commissioner, Frank Pearl, downplayed the importance of the refusal of extradited paramilitary leader ‘Don Berna’ to cooperate with Colombian justice to clarify crimes committed under his command. On…
Extradited paramilitary warlord ‘Don Berna’ has suspended all statements before Colombian authorities for “security reasons.” News station W Radio reported on Monday that Diego Fernando Murillo Bejerano, ex-boss of paramilitary…