Posted by Miriam Wells | Mar 26, 2012 | News
A land rights campaigner and his teenage son have been disappeared by “paramilitaries” in the northwest of Colombia, an NGO said Monday. Manuel Ruiz, a community leader in the Pacific coastal department of Choco, and...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Mar 22, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Supreme Court has elected lawyer Eduardo Montealegre, an ally of former President Alvaro Uribe, as its new Prosecutor General. Montealegre, who has been a lawyer for more than 20 years and served on...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Mar 22, 2012 | News
Colombian authorities have captured one of the leaders of the country’s largest neo-paramilitary organization, “Los Urabeños”, reported local media Thursday. Jose Gregorio Martinez Cabana, alias “El Gato,” was charge...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Mar 20, 2012 | News
A man hired by two Colombian priests to murder them after one was diagnosed with AIDS faces at least 25 years in jail, reported newspaper El Espectador Tuesday. Gildardo Alberto Peñate, alias “Gavilan,” has admitted...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Mar 19, 2012 | News
A mayor in a central Colombian town names a street after a paramilitary leader responsible for hundreds of deaths, prompting calls for an investigation. Henry de Jesus Perez, a paramiltary who founded the Middle Magdalena AUC...
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