High-profile Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon said Tuesday that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will “obviously intervene,” if Colombia fails in its obligations to provide justice to the victims of the…
The Prosecutor General’s Office has cleared Medellin’s mayor Alonso Salazar of receiving support from the paramilitary group AUC and has tabled the criminal proceedings. According to a document dated July…
A new study by Bogota’s Manuela Beltran University shows that 20 per cent of Colombia paramilitaries and guerrillas who have laid down their arms are at risk of returning to…
Demobilized paramilitary commander Uber Banquez, alias “Juancho Dique”, testified before Colombia’s Supreme Court Tuesday that he had met the current Senate President Javier Carceles to offer him a role in…
Mario Uribe, a former president of the Colombian Senate, and cousin of outgoing President Alvaro Uribe, said at the start of his public hearing that he has been falsely accused…
At least twelve local governments in the central Colombian department of Tolima financed now-demobilized paramilitary organization the AUC, according to a statement by former paramilitary Ricaurte Soria Ortiza, reports El…
Extradited Colombian Carlos Mario Jimenez, alias “Macaco,” a leader of paramilitary block of the AUC, is the first paramilitary to be sued in U.S. courts for alleged human rights violations.…
Colombia’s President-elect has been called to testify by the Supreme Court at the trial of the former Senator Mario Uribe Escobar, who is currently under investigation for alleged links to…
For the first time, the Colombian courts on Tuesday handed down jail sentences to demobilized paramilitaries participating in the Justice and Peace program, ordering Edward Cobos, alias “Diego Vecino” and Uber…