Colombia’s Supreme Court again failed to pick a new chief prosecutor despite international pressure to do exactly that. Consequently, acting Prosecutor General Martha Mancera will remain in office. Mancera, who…
Prosecutors arrested the former coordinator of its Technical Investigations Unit (CTI) in the port city Buenaventura, according to local media. Buenaventura’s former CTI coordinator Francisco Javier Martinez, a.k.a. “Pacho Malo,”…
The human rights office of the Organization of American States (OAS) pressured Colombia’s Supreme Court to pick a chief prosecutor. In a statement, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)…
Protesters who had been mobilized by President Gustavo Petro blocked entrances of Colombia’s Palace of Justice to demand a new chief prosecutor. The unrest in the capital broke out after…
Labor unions and political organizations close to Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro announced protests to demand the Supreme Court pick a new chief prosecutor. Teachers union Fecode said it will take…
Colombia’s deputy Prosecutor General Martha Mancera is protecting a prosecution executive who has been accused of drug trafficking, according to evidence that was made public by news media. The documents…
Colombia’s Supreme Court decided on Wednesday to postpone the election of the successor of Prosecutor General Francisco Barbosa. During a session, the Supreme Court decided to begin the voting process…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Monday that the prosecution is being used to traffic drugs and protects alleged criminals in the Pacific port city of Buenaventura. The president referred to…
Colombia’s prosecution called former President Alvaro Uribe to testify about his alleged involvement in three massacres and the killing of a human rights defender. Uribe requested the hearing after he…