Uribe investigated over 1997 massacre
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…
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Paramilitaries infiltrated all entities of the government, says Mancuso
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…
Colombian government insists Macaco can be extradited
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…
Rebels that killed ‘Iván Ríos’ recieve reward
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…
Mario Uribe detained after refused political asylum
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…
Mario Uribe seeks political asylum trying to avoid arrest for parapolitics
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…
Judge halts extradition of ‘Macaco’ indefinately
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…
FARC tried to kill Uribe several times, says Colombian government
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,…
Judge declares mistrial in U.S. drug case against ‘Simón Trinidad’
Ricardo Palmera is already serving a 60-year prison sentence on an unrelated hostage-taking charge, so the mistrial means little for his future. But the U.S. wanted a conviction to reinforce…