State officials will investigate claims of bribery and paramilitary involvement in the election of former Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran. A report in newspaper El Espectador states that Current Prosecutor General…
Colombia’s Inspector General on Thursday barred jailed senator Alirio Villamizar from holding public office for fifteen years. According to the ruling of Prosecutor General Alejandro Ordoñez, Villamizar (Conservative Party) demanded…
Colombia’s former ambassador in Italy, Sabas Pretelt de la Vega, denied having sought asylum in Costa Rica, according to La Fm. In an the interview Pretelt de la Vega said…
Colombia’s inspector general on Wednesday upheld a 12-year public office ban against former Interior Minister Sabas Pretelt de la Vega. The politician was banned in August from holding public office…
Colombia’s Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez announced Thursday that former Interior and Justice Minister Sabas Pretelt de la Vega has officially requested that bribery charges against him be dropped. “This morning…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office summoned former Interior and Justice Minister Sabas Pretelt de la Vega to trial to face charges that he bribed congressmen to approve the 2006 re-election run…
New evidence surfaces of corruption in the State Council, one of Colombia’s top judicial bodies, with recordings that allegedly prove officials manipulated evidence and altered decisions in exchange for bribes.…
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Thursday failed to elect a new national prosecutor general for the eighteenth time in a year, because they could not reach a sufficient consensus on a candidate.…
Colombia’s Supreme Court President Jaime Arrubla said Friday that the judicial body will vote to elect a new prosecutor general, despite Judge Luis Javier Osorio’s allegations of bribery attempts, reports…