Mario Uribe’s parapolitics trial begins
The trial of Colombian former Senate president Mario Uribe Escobar is due to begin Tuesday, following allegations that the official used paramilitary help in his election campaign. Uribe, who is…
The trial of Colombian former Senate president Mario Uribe Escobar is due to begin Tuesday, following allegations that the official used paramilitary help in his election campaign. Uribe, who is…
Colombia’s prosecutor general is investigating 150,000 murders by paramilitary groups, making the previous official figure of 30,000 killings by paramilitaries a severe underestimate, according to Father Javier Giraldo, of Colombian…
Colombia’s former defense minister and current presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos says that former AUC boss Salvatore Mancuso accused him of having plotted a coup out of spite. On Wednesday,…
Presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos asked paramilitary head Carlos Castaño to carry out a coup to overthrow then-President Ernesto Samper, claims extradited AUC commander Salvatore Mancuso, reports El Espectador. Speaking from…
The Colombian Inspector General’s office called for former Senator Jorge Castro Pacheco to be convicted for his alleged ties to former paramilitary leader Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, alias “Jorge 40,” according to…
The Colombian police have captured 714 members of criminal groups to date in 2010, including the high profile arrests of Hector Jose Buitrago, alias “El Patron,” and Ramon Alejandro Quintero, according…
Former paramilitary chief Freddy “El Aleman” Rendon Herrera accused Liberal Party vice presidential candidate Anibal Gaviria of receiving help from the AUC during his campaign for the governorship of Antioquia,…
Colombian druglord Nestor Ramon Caro Chaparro, alias “El Duro,” has been arrested in the upmarket Ipanema neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, in a joint operation between the Brazilian and Colombian…
Nearly 250 Colombians who say they and relatives were victims of violence by Colombian right-wing paramilitaries filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking more than $1 billion in damages from the…