Colombian judge orders 1st land restitution
A Colombian judge has ruled in favor of 14 families in the country’s north, who claimed their lands were stolen by paramilitaries, reported local media Wednesday. In the first ruling…
A Colombian judge has ruled in favor of 14 families in the country’s north, who claimed their lands were stolen by paramilitaries, reported local media Wednesday. In the first ruling…
Medellin on Tuesday commemorated the 10th anniversary of Operation Orion, a military offensive in the western Comuna 13 that successfully removed left-wing rebels, but ended up installing paramilitary groups still…
An ex-paramilitary commander was sentenced on Thursday to 13 years in prison after admitting responsibility for aggravated murder amongst other crimes. Former AUC commander Jorge Ivan Laverde Zapata, alias “El Iguano,”…
Former members of the umbrella paramilitary organization AUC were charged Wednesday for crimes of torture, forced displacement and disappearance and murder of protected persons. Four former members of the “Catatumbo…
Salvatore Mancuso, a former paramilitary leader who has already been charged for multiple crimes, was sentenced on Wednesday to 24 more years in prison for his involvement in a central…
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered more than $765,000 compensation to be paid to victims of ex-paramilitary chief “El Iguano” of the AUC Catatumbo Bloc. The Supreme Court ordered the compensation of…
Former commander of the paramilitary organization AUC “Martin Llanos” has accepted responsibility for the 1997 Mapiripan massacre in central Colombia,, reported local media Monday. Llanos, whose real name is Hector…
A former commander of the now-demobilized paramilitary group AUC will face punishment for the kidnapping of Piedad Cordoba, reported local media Friday. A Colombian judge has ordered ex-paramilitary leader Ivan Roberto…
Police have captured one of Colombia’s most wanted killers in the country’s second largest city Medellin. Medellin authorities have detained alias, “Araña” or “Spider,” who was reportedly one of the…