The farmers were protesting against the eradication of illegal crops like coca and poppy. Their demonstrations begun Sunday.The protesters blocked the main highway linking northwestern Colombia with ports in the…
Uribe said the charges were lodged by a former member of the paramilitary, whom he described as a disgruntled convict with an axe to grind.”He said I was at a…
Mancuzo repeated his claim that 35 percent of the current legislates were involved in parapolitics, “What I said was that 35 percent of the current legislators were elected in areas…
According to the government ‘Macaco’ can still respond to the victims through videoconferencing. The government said judge Marth Inés Montaña’s ruling is outside her jurisdiction.A judge ruled Tuesday that Macaco…
Defense minister Juan Manuel Santos Calderon said that Rojas and three informants who helped establish the site where they found the body of ‘Iván Ríos, member of the FARC central…
The federal prosecutor’s office says former Sen. Mario Uribe was taken into custody by authorities hours after he entered the diplomatic office in an unsuccessful asylum bid. Mario Uribe is…
The prosecution says to have a witness saying Uribe Escobar met with paramilitary leaders in 1998 to jump start a strategy to seize farms in several departments. Earlier former paramilitary…
The Court ruled in favor of an AUC victim who had demanded that the government met in full with the country’s Justice and Peace Law, a law created to demobilize…
The electronic documents were found in a laptop belonging to rebel leader Raúl Reyes, who was slain March 1 during the government’s cross-border raid into Ecuador, officials said.The April 14,…