Arias cries fraud in Conservative Party vote recount
The results of the Conservative Party’s internal election to select a presidential candidate may not be known until Saturday, the national electoral commission said Monday. In light of the delay,…
The results of the Conservative Party’s internal election to select a presidential candidate may not be known until Saturday, the national electoral commission said Monday. In light of the delay,…
The investigation unit of the Prosecutor General’s Office arrested thirty public figures Friday in the Choco, Antioquia and Santander departments accused of paramilitary ties. In one operation, the prosecutor general’s…
Opposition presidential candidates Gustavo Petro and German Vargas Lleras both on Thursday announced the selection of women as their vice-presidential running mates. Petro, candidate for the left-wing Polo Democratico party,…
The Prosecutor General’s Office is pressing charges against fifteen military personnel who stand accused of killing three men and presenting their bodies as FARC combatants killed in battle. The fifteen…
At least 80 out of the 2,539 candidates running for Colombian Congress have links to paramilitary groups, a non-governmental organization reported Wednesday. The Electoral Observation Commission (MOE), a Colombian NGO,…
Celebrated Colombian TV star Teresa Gutierrez died Tuesday afternoon in her home in Bogota aged 81. Gutierrez appeared in approximately 36 soap operas during her long career. After a successful…
The FARC is allied with criminal groups in joint drug-trafficking operations, Colombian police said Tuesday. Based on intercepted conversations between the commanders of two FARC fronts, the police now believe…
The Colombian Prosecutor General’s Office (PG) denied responsibility for the escape of a convicted gang leader from house arrest in Medellin, and blamed prison authority INPEC. “If prisoners escape, that…
The FARC plans to step up its attacks, including kidnappings, bombings and roadblocks, as the congressional and presidential elections approach, according to Colombian military intelligence. In a campaign called “Raul…