Colombia’s Supreme Court called a former congressman to trial for his alleged ties to paramilitaries, reports newspaper El Espectador. The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court Wednesday called the case…
Colombian model Juliana Sosa Toro was arrested in Mexico with the alleged shooter of a Paraguayan soccer player. The newspaper La Semana reported Tuesday that Juliana Sosa Toro was caught…
A former governor of a southeastern department in Colombia was sentenced to 90 months in prison for ties with paramilitaries, reported Colombian press Tuesday. El Especatador reports that the Supreme…
A staff member of the Japanese embassy in Colombia reportedly embezzled almost $19,000 since 2007. Japanese news agencies report that a 52-year-old Japanese citizen embezzled ¥1.55 million, or about $19,000,…
A congressman demands demolition of a statue that pays homage to paramilitaries in Cordoba, a department recently hit by neo-paramilitary violence. Congressman Ivan Cepeda made a request via the right…
A bus carrying 36 passengers crashed early Tuesday morning in northeast Colombia leaving six dead and 28 injured. The bus left the city of Bucaramanga in the northeast department of…
Hotel owners on Colombia’s Caribbean town of Capurgana are worried that the lights might go out on business if the town’s power outages continue. The small town of Capurgana, located…
Colombia’s interior and justice minister wants Congress to increase penalties for members of criminal gangs referred to by the government as emerging criminal groups or BACRIM. A day after the…
The United Nations and NGO Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES) expressed Monday their concern for the high level of neo-paramilitary violence in Colombia, specifically in the northern department…