The State Council announced that it will summon eight current and former Bogota officials including Mayor Samuel Moreno to testify over alleged back-room dealings in public works projects, W Radio reported…
The acting governer of Colomabi’s southern department of Guaviare resigned on Wednesday citing lack of time to perform his duties, reports RCN Radio. Governor Felipe Robledo is also the current…
The Prosecutor General’s office wants a decision from the Supreme Court in the corruption case against former Medellin chief prosecutor Guillermo Leon Valencia Cossio W Radio reported Tuesday. Valencia Cossio…
The mayor and former mayor of Neiva, a town in the south-west Colombian Huila department, are under investigation for allegedly embezzling more than $1 million in oil royalties, Noticias Uno reported…
Colombia’s inspector general has begun oral proceedings against Bogota politicians who are accused of fraudulently awarding public works contracts. Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez believes that he has collected enough evidence…
Colombia’s government announces that all governors must take action to aid flood victims within a week, or they will be replaced, according to a government press release. “By [next] Wednesday,…
Former Colombian Senator Oscar Suarez Mira was arrested Wednesday for alleged links to paramilitaries, reports Caracol Radio. Agents from Colombia’s Technical Investigation Team (CTI) captured Mira in Medellin, Colombia where…
Former Comptroller General Julio Cesar Turbay Quintero spent more than $27 million on personal expenses while in office, Caracol Radio reported Monday. Contracts signed by Julio Cesar Turbay Quintero, who was…
Colombia extradited a former military lawyer to the U.S., for his participation in leaking important information to criminal organizations, reports El Tiempo. The former lawyer, Ramiro Antury, was transferred to…