Colombia’s prison authority INPEC is investigating the director of Picota prison in Bogota, who allegedly allowed a jailed politician to double the size of his cell and paint the walls.…
The Colombian Electoral Observation Mission (MOE) and the opposition Liberal Party on Monday urged the country’s inspector general to investigate accusations that government officials illegally take part in campaigns, and…
The election campaigns of Colombia’s coalition parties are financed with government money, the presidential candidate for the opposition Liberal Party, Rafael Pardo, said Friday. According to Pardo, the money from…
In the trial of Medellin’s ex-Director of Prosecution Guillermo Valencia, and a business associate, a witness on Wednesday testified that the accused men requested information about the fate of notorious…
Former defense minister and possible presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos warned politicians within his Partido de la U against affiliation with criminal or paramilitary factions. In a move to dissipate…
Colombian newspaper El Espectador on Sunday published a list of “suspicious” candidates in March’s Congress elections. The newspaper considers the candidates suspect because of their closeness to the paramilitary power…
The director of newspaper El Colombiano became the center of controversy this week when she was revealed to be a recipient of a government agricultural subsidy.
Corrupt government officials in Colombia have received some COP4 trillion (US$2 billion) in bribes in 2009, anti-corruption czar Oscar Ortiz Gonzalez, said in an interview published on Sunday. According to…
Former DMG director David Murcia Guzman on Friday declared himself innocent of all charges against him at the first hearing for his U.S. trial. The disgraced DMG tycoon, who is…