The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) spent over half a million dollars funding an Afro-Colombian caucus dominated by politicians accused of ties to illegal armed groups or of corruption,…
The interior minister has said the government wants Colombia to lead the world in tackling money laundering after it was revealed that $8 billion – 3% of Colombia’s GDP –…
The Supreme Court has sentenced ex-DAS director Jorge Noguera Cotes to 25 years in prison for criminal conspiracy and illegal use of privileged information. Colombian media reported on Wednesday that…
The Colombian Supreme Court ruled Tuesday on who will and who will not be recognized as victims of the DAS wiretapping scandal that is currently under investigation, reported Colombian media.…
The families of the victims of the 1985 attack on the Bogota Palace of Justice have hit back at comments made on Monday by the new head of the Colombian…
A Colombian senator has proposed changing the constitution to allow demobilized paramilitaries and guerrillas to stand for election or hold public office. Colombian media reported Senator Roy Barreras has received…
Colombia’s vice-president Monday slammed new definitions of poverty from the National Planning Department, saying “I don’t know what planet they live on.” According to the revised definitions a person is…
Police have arrested four women and one man from a gang known as “La Viuda Negra” – the Black Widow – who allegedly arranged marriages with desperate men before murdering…
Police in central Colombia have arrested a woman who allegedly kept FARC kidnap victims imprisoned in her house. Colombian media reported that Margarita Cortez Calderon, alias “La Mona,” was arrested…