One of the AGC’s top commanders was found murdered on Wednesday, spurring rumors about Colombia’s largest paramilitary organization and their alleged commitment to demobilize. According to the National Police, the…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro sacked three of his ministers ahead local and regional elections in October. Petro announced on Monday that Education Minister Alejandro Gaviria, Culture Minister Patricia Ariza and…
Colombia’s army was behind the “narco-terrorism” that made Medellin the “murder capital” of the world in the 1980’s, according to a declassified CIA report. The 1988 report that has been…
Government statistics suggest that Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has all but collapsed since chief prosecutor Francisco Barbosa took office. According to the statistics, the Prosecutor General’s Office successfully prosecuted 11,816…
Two prominent think tanks have proposed a constitutional reform that would allow an independent judicial body to investigate widespread corruption in Colombia. According to the Anti-Corruption Institute (IAC) and the…
The government of Colombia will join that of Bolivia in asking the United Nations to remove coca from its list of prohibited substances, according to the Foreign Ministry. In an…
Some of Colombia’s most prominent mafia figures hired a Spanish PR firm to erase publications about their ties to late drug lord Pablo Escobar and former President Alvaro Uribe from…
US Attorney Damian Williams from New York published evidence that confirms that DEA agents allegedly conspired to traffic cocaine from Colombia in 2017. In a letter to New York judge…
Colombia’s former top financial crimes prosecutor was arrested for her alleged involvement in the extortion of drug trafficking suspects. The prosecution’s former financial crimes chief, Ana Catalina Noguera, was arrested…