Colombia News | Colombia Reports
  • News
    • General
    • Analysis
    • War and peace
    • Elections
    • Economy
    • Culture
    • Sports
    • Science and Tech
  • Travel
    • General
    • Bogota
    • Medellin
    • Cali
    • Cartagena
    • Antioquia
    • Caribbean
    • Pacific
    • Coffee region
    • Amazon
    • Southwest Colombia
    • Northeast Colombia
    • Central Colombia
  • Data
    • Economy
    • Crime and security
    • War and peace
    • Development
    • Cities
    • Regions
    • Provinces
  • Profiles
    • Organized crime
    • Politics
    • Armed conflict
    • Economy
    • Sports
  • Lite
  • Opinion
  • About us
  • Support us
  • Contact Us
  • Intelligence
  • Advertising
  • Newsletter
Colombia News | Colombia Reports
  • News
    • General
    • Analysis
    • War and peace
    • Elections
    • Economy
    • Culture
    • Sports
    • Science and Tech
  • Travel
    • General
    • Bogota
    • Medellin
    • Cali
    • Cartagena
    • Antioquia
    • Caribbean
    • Pacific
    • Coffee region
    • Amazon
    • Southwest Colombia
    • Northeast Colombia
    • Central Colombia
  • Data
    • Economy
    • Crime and security
    • War and peace
    • Development
    • Cities
    • Regions
    • Provinces
  • Profiles
    • Organized crime
    • Politics
    • Armed conflict
    • Economy
    • Sports
  • Lite
  • Opinion
News

Govt investigates paramilitary assets abroad

by Manuela Kuehr December 6, 2010

Colombia news - A.U.C, paramilitary

The Superior Court of the Justice and Peace process orders the state to investigate whether demobilized paramilitaries are hiding funds abroad, El Tiempo reported Monday.

President of the Reparation Commission Eduardo Pizarro said that the government must sign agreements with other countries so that the government can determine the total foreign funds held by demobilized paramilitaries.

Last week Jorge Ivan Laverde Zapata, alias “El Iguano” was found guilty of taking part in at least 28 massacres and ordered to pay $3.2 million in reparations.

El Iguano gave up his farm in the Santander department to pay compensation to the victims, but intelligence agencies believe that he holds other assets in Venezuela and other countries.

Sources in the Justice and Peace processes confirmed to El Tiempo that investigations are being conducted to track the foreign assets of other paramilitaries.

The Prosecutor General’s Office said that “all the leaders, among whom are Fidel and Carlos Castaño, Freddy Rendon, ‘El Aleman’, ‘Macaco’, Rodrigo Tovar, ‘Jorge 40’ and Salvatore Mancuso have money outside Colombia.”

El Iguano, Edward Cobos (alias “Diego Vecino”), and Uber Banquez (alias “Juancho Dique”) are the first three paramilitaries to be convicted in the Justice and Peace program.

El Iguanoproperty

Trending

  • Colombia’s main cities shut down as COVID threatens to collapse healthcare

  • Colombia’s capital Bogota to lock down for another weekend

  • What COVID taught Colombia about cocaine | Part 1: the tsunami

Weekly interviews and news updates

Related articles

  • Congress president apologizes for lawmakers’ ties to paramilitary group

  • Ex AUC ringleader sentenced to 13 years

  • Colombia orders compensation be paid to victims of ex-paramilitary

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin
  • RSS

@2008-2019 - Colombia Reports. All Rights Reserved.
Powered by Digitale Zaken and Parrolabs


Back To Top