Posted by Toni Peters | May 26, 2011 | News
Debtors owe the Colombian state $9.2 billion in unpaid fines and financial penalties issued by the justice system, Caracol Radio reported Thursday. According to a report from the Executive Department of Justice Administration,...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | May 26, 2011 | News
A former commander of the AUC was sentenced to 26 years in prison for mass murder that took place under his command in the north Colombian department of La Guajira in 2004. Arnulfo Sanchez Gonzalez, alias “Pablo,” the former...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | May 26, 2011 | News
People in Colombia who handle stolen cellular devices will face sentences of between six and eight years in jail and fines up to $204,540, reported W Radio Thursday. Articles of the Citizen Security Law, approved by the House of...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | May 25, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said the final wording of the landmark Victims Law legislation will be agreed upon by June 10 in time for UN secretary general’s visit,according to a presidential communique....
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | May 25, 2011 | Culture
Colombian hip-hop fusion trio ChocQuibTown are to perform at the Copa America 2011 opening ceremony in Argentina July, reported magazine Farandula Wednesday. The opening ceremony of the South American Soccer Championship is to...
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