Colombia’s Constitutional Court allowed politicians convicted by the Supreme Court without appeal after 2013 to retroactively claim this right. The sentence followed a writ by former Agriculture Minister Andres Felipe…
Colombia’s far-right ruling party on Tuesday proposed a bill that would allow all politicians convicted since 1976 to appeal their guilty verdicts. The so-called Andres Felipe Arias bill is the…
After having been extradited from the US in a chartered jet, Colombia’s former agriculture minister was not sent to prison to serve his 17-year corruption sentence, but to a luxurious…
Colombia’s former president Alvaro Uribe wants to amend Colombia’s constitution to retroactively allow all convicted politicians to appeal sentences imposed after 1991. Uribe said his constitutional amendment proposal was ready…
United Stated authorities extradited Colombia’s former agriculture minister on Friday after a five-year attempt to evade a 17-year corruption sentence. Former Minister Andres Felipe Arias was extradited after multiple failed…
Having exhausted all legal possibilities to block his extradition to Colombia, the country’s convicted former agriculture minister’s last hope is US President Donald Trump. The United States court of appeals…
The United States government has approved the extradition of Colombia’s fugitive agriculture minister who fled the country ahead of a 17-year corruption sentence. The State Department rejected the objection of…
Colombia’s ambassador to Washington came under fire again on Wednesday for asking a US judge to release a political ally who is in jail awaiting extradition. The Florida judge denied…
A US federal judge ordered the extradition of Colombia’s former agriculture minister on Thursday. The former official’s attorneys vowed to appeal the decision. The extradition had been requested by Colombia…