Colombia seeks to rid army of ghost soldiers
Colombia’s prosecution arrested 15 members of the National Army who are accused of registering and recovering the payments of ghost soldiers. Another eight former employees of the army’s human resources…
Colombia’s prosecution arrested 15 members of the National Army who are accused of registering and recovering the payments of ghost soldiers. Another eight former employees of the army’s human resources…
Colombia’s authorities seized assets of 17 businessmen who allegedly stole and exported $80 million worth of oil belonging to state-controlled oil company Ecopetrol. President Gustavo Petro said on Twitter that…
At least 14 people were killed on Tuesday when a landslide struck a village in central Colombia. The landslide in Naranjal, a village in the Cundinamarca province, was caused by…
Colombia’s top anti-corruption official released devastating statistics on judicial impunity in corruption investigations. In a press conference, Transparency Secretary Andres Irraga said that prosecution has received 57,582 reports on crimes…
The conviction of a former Liberal Party senator triggered criminal investigations into six members of Colombia’s Congress. The criminal investigations also implicate at least six mayors, the former deputy director…
President Gustavo Petro will govern from La Guajira in northern Colombia this week to attend a humanitarian crisis in the province. The president also announces a national emergency that would…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has lost significant congressional support during his first year in office. Consequently, several of the government’s reform proposals failed to get congressional approval. When Petro took…
More than 8% of the budget meant for the pensions of Colombia’s security forces is gone because of a controversial real estate deal, according to the Comptroller’s General’s Office (CGO).…
Prosecutors arrested the former deputy director of Colombia’s protection agency over his alleged ties to the Medellin mafia’s jailed assassinations chief. The former deputy director of the National Protection Unit…