Extradited drug trafficker Juan Carlos Sierra, alias “El Tuso” has testified he paid lawmakers in 2006 to meet with then-Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo to demobilize as if he was…
Judicial officials on the Colombian island of San Andres have received threats signed with the name of demobilized paramilitary group the AUC, reports Caracol Radio. The Administrative Court Circuit of…
The President of the Supreme Court, Judge Humberto Camilo Tarquin, has announced that, despite previous reports, Mario Uribe will not be investigated for crimes against humanity. According to media on…
Minister German Vargas Lleras said that Sunday’s WikiLeaks revelations relating to Colombian politics do not worry the government. Justice and Interior Minister German Vargas Lleras told El Tiempo on Sunday…
Colombian security forces capture alias “Tigre,” a former AUC paramilitary accused of murdering eight people in the western department of Valle del Cauca, W Radio reported Monday. Tigre was apprehended by…
The now-defunct paramilitary Cacique Pipinta Bloc financially supported the 2002 presidential campaign of former President Alvaro Uribe, the former commander of the bloc told Noticias Uno. According to Pablo Hernan…
Wikileaks cables released on Sunday reveal the events that led to the breakdown of the peace process between the government and the demobilized AUC. According to a cable dated December…
Wikileaks has published a series of cables from 2006 highlighting significant failings in the Justice and Peace Law (JPL) that led demobilized paramilitary fighters to return to arms. In November…
In his testimony before the Supreme Court, Colonel Julio Cesar Prieto accused ex-congressman Alfonso Riaño of links to paramilitaries, reports El Espectador. Recounting what now-demobilized groups allegedly told him, Prieto…