A cattle rancher in central Colombia has been sentenced to four years in prison for financing paramilitaries in the region, reported local media Thursday. Hernando Montes was indicted for conspiracy…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General requested the country’s Supreme Court Monday to acquit a former congressman who is accused of ties to paramilitary groups. The Prosecutor General’s delegate to the court, Jorge…
Families of three murdered Colombian unionists appealed a US court decision shielding former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe from testifying in the case against coal giant Drummond, reported Noticias Uno Sunday.…
The former head of the AUC’s Montes de Maria Bloc has been charged with the homicide of six people and the forced displacement of 300, local media reported. Edwar Cobos…
More than 100 politicians accused of links to the AUC paramilitary organization accepted a plea deal that would see their sentences shortened, reported local media. The investigation involved former mayors and city…
Seven suspected paramilitaries were killed in clashes with the FARC Tuesday near an indigenous community in northwest Colombia, El Pais reported Thursday. The seven bodies were discovered Wednesday near the settlement…
Seven members of an alleged criminal organization have been killed by suspected FARC forces in northwestern Colombia, reported local media Thursday. The victims were identified by residents of a nearby…
Israeli mercenary Yair Klein claimed his arrival in Colombia in the 1980’s to train paramilitary groups was undertaken with the approval of Colombian and Israeli authorities. The former Israeli lieutenant…
A former paramilitary commander Thursday testified in a Colombian court that multinational mining company Drummond paid the AUC to protect its railroad. Hundreds of victims are suing the coal mining…