Two former congressmen on trial for parapolitics
Two former congress representatives for the northern Colombian department of Choco, Edgar Ulises Torres and Odin Sanchez Montes de Oca, were on Wednesday called to trial by the Supreme Court…
Two former congress representatives for the northern Colombian department of Choco, Edgar Ulises Torres and Odin Sanchez Montes de Oca, were on Wednesday called to trial by the Supreme Court…
The Colombian Inspector General’s office cites testimony as evidence of a “permanent link” between paramilitary group “Heroes de Tolova” and local authorities in the Uruba region of the Antioquia department in…
A special report by El Tiempo on Monday reveals that Colombia’s Justice and Peace Commission is currently investigating over 200 cases of minors recruited by paramilitary group the AUC, with…
Colombian authorities last week arrested ten people, including wealthy landowners and businessmen, for financing and collaborating with a notorious wing of paramilitary coalition the AUC, which terrorized the departments of…
Colombian authorities arrested Hector Jose Buitrago, alias “El Patron,” believed to be one of the founders of the Centauros bloc of demobilized paramilitary coalition the AUC, in the eastern department…
The Russian government on Tuesday agreed to appeal a decision by the European Court of Human Rights to overturn the extradition from Russia to Colombia of Israeli mercenary Yair Klein,…
Colombian government officials and human rights groups strongly criticized a decision by the European Court of Human Rights to overturn the extradition from Russia to Colombia of Israeli mercenary Yair…
Despite hopes for peace, following the the mass-demobilization of Colombia’s most notorious paramilitary group the AUC, violence in Colombia’s northern department of Cordoba remains widespread, as neo paramilitary forces fill…
Former Former paramilitary leader Daniel “Don Mario” Rendon Herrera says he is grateful for Colombia’s decision not to extradite him to the U.S., and that he will continue to cooperate…