Former Colombian paramilitary leaders have again asked to participate in the peace process between the government and FARC, local media reported. The ex-commanders, the self-proclaimed “authorized negotiators and spokesmen of…
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) on Wednesday rejected an appeal by Colombia to overturn a verdict that held authorities partially culpable for the killing of civilians in a…
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe admitted Sunday to receiving “help” from U.S. coal company Drummond while in office. Although direct payments from Drummond to Uribe’s lawyer remain unconfirmed, in an…
Former Senator Mario Uribe Escobar, the cousin of former President Alvaro Uribe was released from prison Wednesday after serving four and a half years in prison for his ties to paramilitary organization…
Ex-Colombian President Alvaro Uribe rejected accusations by an Israeli mercenary that he helped finance the training of paramilitary groups in the 1980s. Uribe referred to the allegations via his Twitter…
Israeli mercenary Yair Klein says that Colombia’s ex-President Alvaro Uribe was among the landowners who financed the training of paramilitary groups in the 1980s. On Tuesday, Klein made the claim…
Notorious former paramilitary Ramon Isaza gave details of how paramilitaries regularly “caught, tortured and killed” members of Pablo Escobar’s Medellin cartel during their conflict in the late 1980’s. The former…
Colombia’s Liberal Party said Tuesday it wants the country’s judicial authorities to investigate allegations made by Israeli mercenary Yair Klein who had testified that a Colombian ex-president took part in…
One of Colombia’s former presidents paid for the extraofficial military training of paramilitary death squads, Israeli mercenary Yair Klein told a Colombian court Tuesday. Klein, convicted in Colombia for training…