Colombia’s Supreme Court sentenced a former governor of the Cesar department in northern Colombia to seven and a half years in prison for his involvement with paramilitary groups, reports W Radio. Former…
Ongoing allegations of links to paramilitaries and narco-traffickers made against members of the controversial PIN party are part of an “extermination campaign” similar to that carried out against members of the communist Patriotic…
Colombia’s Supreme Court will investigate whether two former congressmen from the north-west Choco department could be tried for crimes against humanity. The court will investigate if former House of Representatives…
DAS director Felipe Muñoz will present a report to Colombian Congress Tuesday, detailing the continued infiltration of DAS by criminal gangs, and will recommend that the scandal-plagued security agency be…
Colombian paramilitaries turned down a proposal by a group of Venezuelan military officers to stage a coup against President Hugo Chavez in 2002, according to extradited former AUC leader Salvatore…
Colombian authorities arrested congressmen Luis Carlos Restrepo, Valle del Cauca representative, and Valencia Duque, Antioquia representative, on Thursday for alleged links to paramilitary groups, reports El Espectador. Following orders from…
Colombia’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that President Alvaro Uribe will have to testify in the trial of his cousin, former Senate president Mario Uribe Escobar, who is facing charges…
The trial of Colombian former Senate president Mario Uribe Escobar is due to begin Tuesday, following allegations that the official used paramilitary help in his election campaign. Uribe, who is…
Colombia’s Supreme Court opened a preliminary investigation into whether former senator Alvaro Araujo Castro, who was convicted of paramilitary ties, could be tried for crimes against humanity, reports La FM. The court…