How dodgy clans seek to maintain power in Colombia’s 2019 elections
At least 34 clans whose leaders have been convicted or are under investigation for their ties to death squads are taking part in Colombia’s local elections in October, according to…
At least 34 clans whose leaders have been convicted or are under investigation for their ties to death squads are taking part in Colombia’s local elections in October, according to…
A mayor from northern Colombia was suspended on Wednesday while authorities investigate his alleged involvement in the assassination of a local community leader that triggered a national outcry. The suspension…
The Inspector General announced an investigation into the mayor of a town in the north of Colombia over the murder of a local community leader that has triggered a national…
More than a year after Colombia’s Supreme Court opened an investigation into former President Alvaro Uribe on alleged witness tampering charges, no court date has been set, according to weekly…
Colombia’s embattled President Ivan Duque on Saturday ordered an investigation into the murder of a community leader in northern Colombia six hours after one had already been announced. The Prosecutor…
Politicians, businessmen and state officials who want to evade prison for war crimes committed during Colombia’s armed conflict have three months to report themselves or lose the possibility for judicial…
The governor of Caqueta, a province in southern Colombia, has been sentenced to 7 and a half years in jail for conspiring with illegal paramilitary groups. The sentence also contains…
The term parapolitics is used to describe the ties between paramilitary organizations like the now-demobilized AUC, and state officials in Colombia. Opposition Senator Gustavo Petro has been denouncing ties between…
Colombia’s prosecution on Wednesday said that it would seek criminal charges against more than 2,300 civilians and almost 3,300 state officials for their alleged ties to paramilitary groups. The bombshell…