The Colombian army captured Thursday a wanted lawyer who allegedly helped right-wing paramilitaries strip land from inhabitants of the western department of Choco, according to local news sources. Mario…
Demobilized paramilitaries, who are not fulfilling their obligations under the Justice and Peace Law, should lose their right to shorter sentences, according to Colombia’s Prosecutor General Thursday. The former members…
The father of the mayor of Colombia’s second largest city Medellin was placed under house arrest for the second time Monday while awaiting trial over his alleged ties to paramilitary…
The U.S. Attorney’s office has called for a 15-year prison sentence to be handed to ex-president Alvaro Uribe’s then-security chief for supporting paramilitary organization AUC, reported local media Monday. Retired…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General will reopen the case against Chiquita Brands International for alleged payments to the former paramilitary group, AUC, local media reported Saturday. “It is necessary to establish the…
Police captured Diego Fernando Soto, alias ‘El Ruso’, an alleged commander of disbanded paramilitary group, the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), W Radio reported Thursday. ‘El Ruso’ or “The Russian”…
Presumed dead and former AUC leader, Vicente Castaño, is wanted by Colombian authorities under suspicion of murdering a child in western Colombia, local media sources reported Thursday. Despite being declared…
A paramilitary commander accused of hundreds of murders in northwest Colombia says he was supported by local politicians, police and the military, it was reported Monday. Fredy Rendon Herrera, alias…
A former commander of now-defunct paramilitary group AUC has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the 2000 murder of seven prosecution officials, reported local media Wednesday. A judge…