Unrepentant paramilitary commander given 40 years
A former paramilitary commander was excluded from the transitional justice process Thursday and instead received a four-decade prison sentence due to his suspected remorselessness.
A former paramilitary commander was excluded from the transitional justice process Thursday and instead received a four-decade prison sentence due to his suspected remorselessness.
Forty-six incarcerated ex-paramilitaries accused of homicide, forced disappearances, forced displacement, torture, sexual violence, and recruitment of minors are eligible for release from prison as of Friday, according to the Prosecutor…
Colombia has asked the United States to send back a famous drug lord recently released from US prison, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Justice.
The demobilization process made available to paramilitaries starting in 2005 failed to deliver justice to victims of armed conflict or truth to the country, said the vice-president of Colombia’s Supreme Court, in…
A Colombian high court has ruled that ex-paramilitary fighters need to help support the victims of paramilitary atrocities and hand over property acquired via paramilitary organizations as part of the…
The former house of powerful paramilitary commander Rodrigo “Jorge 40” Tovar on Thursday became a museum for peace.
This paper aims to assess Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) in the Colombian sociopolitical context in the last eight years. It seeks to address what may constitute its success and…