Former chief prosecutor sentenced to 15 years
Former Medellin chief prosecutor Guillermo Leon Valencia Cossio was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in prison by the Supreme Court for his ties to drug lord and former paramilitary…
Former Medellin chief prosecutor Guillermo Leon Valencia Cossio was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in prison by the Supreme Court for his ties to drug lord and former paramilitary…
Colombia’s Supreme Court has sentenced former Congressman Rafael Caballero to five years and seven months in prison for ties to the demobilized paramilitary group, the AUC, W Radio reports. Caballero…
The leader of the government welfare initiative Familias en Accion (Families in Action) is killed by gunmen thought to belong to the FARC. Zoraida Acevedo Vargas was shot in front of…
President Juan Manuel Santos is set to meet with members of the Conservative Party Monday to try and avoid a political crisis within the National Unity coalition. Frictions began to…
Politician Jorge Medrano has been assassinated in Monteria, the capital of the northern department of Cordoba, El Espectador reports. According to the local community, the homicide comes after a series…
Representatives of dairy businesses from across Colombia meet in Bogota to march in protest against the government’s actions towards the country’s milk industry, Radio Sante Fe reported Wednesday. The delegations,…
Colombia’s Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez has asked the Constitutional Court to support a ban on the possession and consumption of low quantities of drugs, El Espectador reported Wednesday. Speaking in…
Coffee production in Colombia is up 44% in the first two months of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010, reports Caracol Radio. The manager of the Federation of Coffee Growers,…
Colombian football team Millonarios this week began the process of floating itself publicly on the stock exchange in and attempt to save itself from financial ruin. According to a report by…