A Colombian ex-congressman from northern Antioquia was sentenced on Wednesday to eight years in prison for “parapolitics.” The Supreme Court sentenced Estanislao Ortiz, ex-representative for the Uraba region of northern…
The former president of Colombia’s house of representatives was convicted on Wednesday of financing and orchestrating a 1988 paramilitary-led massacre that killed 43 people – a crime he previously denied…
Colombia’s Judicial Court on Wednesday convicted a former congressman for his role in a paramilitary massacre of 43 civilians in 1988. Former Congressman Cesar Perez was convicted for his…
Colombia’s state council condemned the inaction of the armed forces in preventing a paramilitary-led massacre of 20 people in the central Colombian department of Meta in May of 1998. The…
For 15 years a “peace community” in northwest Colombia has maintained neutrality in the country’s armed conflict, defiantly staying on their land despite ongoing battles between security forces, guerrillas, and…
A Colombian senator surrendered to justice and was subsequently jailed Saturday over charges she sought political benefits through alliances with paramilitary death squads. U Party Senator Piedad Zuccardi reportedly arrived…
A former governor has been accused of masterminding a paramilitary massacre of 12 civilians in northern Colombia. The former governor of the northern Colombian department of Sucre, Miguel Nule Amin,…
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for a senator with alleged ties to the AUC, a now-defunct paramilitary organization. Senator Piedad Zuccardi of the coalition U Party…
The ex-AUC member “Monoleche” claimed Tuesday that Colombia’s former government is responsible for the murder of leading AUC commander Vicente Castaño. “The Government [killed] Vicente Castaño,” said Jesus Ignacio Roldan…