Valencia Cossio added to Kingpin List
The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday added Guillermo Leon Valencia Cossio, ex-head of the Prosecutor General’s Office in Medellin, to a list of Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers banned from doing…
The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday added Guillermo Leon Valencia Cossio, ex-head of the Prosecutor General’s Office in Medellin, to a list of Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers banned from doing…
Medellin police arrested the suspected military commander of neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños,” once led by feared paramilitary drug lord “Don Mario.” Carlos Evertos Higuita Usuga, alias “Chejo,” was arrested in…
Twelve properties and COP1.3 billion in cash ($660,000) were confiscated from former paramilitaries by Colombian authorities, to compensate victims via the Justice and Peace process, reports El Tiempo. At the…
President Alvaro Uribe called Friday for immediate dialogue with the Supreme Court over its decision to unilaterally impose restrictions on extradition to the U.S, reports Caracol Radio. Uribe said that…
Dozens of people were murdered by the Colombian army and presented as guerillas killed in combat in the central Meta department, according to leaders from the now-demobilized paramilitary group AUC. Former…
U.S. Ambassador William Brownfield is seeking to adjust the U.S-Colombia extradition treaty to avoid a repeat of the Colombian Supreme Court’s decision to block the extradition of “Don Mario” on…
The Colombian government confirmed Monday that it would not authorize the extradition to the U.S. of drug lord Daniel Rendon Herrera, alias “Don Mario,” backing the Colombian Supreme Court’s decision on the…
Colombia’s chief of police, General Oscar Naranjo, on Wednesday spoke of the significance of the capture of drug cartel capo Ramon Alejandro Quintero, who was arrested in Ecuador on Tuesday…
Guillermo Valencia Cossio’s defense team presented a document to the court which allegedly undermines a key piece of evidence implicating the defendant in taking bribes from paramilitaries, reported El Espectador on…