Remains of 11 victims murdered by AUC discovered in northern Colombia
The bodies of 11 men and women who were assassinated by paramilitaries in the 1990s were...
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Colombia Supreme Court upholds murder sentence for fugitive paramilitary
Colombia’s Supreme Court confirmed the sentence of one of the country’s most prominent...
Uribe held secret meeting with paramilitary chief: Witness
Ex-president Alvaro Uribe may be more deeply buried in Colombia’s parapolitics scandal than was...
Colombia’s ‘oldest paramilitary’ admits crimes
The man unofficially known as Colombia’s “oldest paramilitary” has accepted...
‘Paramilitary’ columnist reemerges to work for Uribe
A controversial Colombian columnist with alleged ties to the disbanded paramilitary organization...
Paramilitary telenovela causing uproar in Colombia
A Colombian TV show, “Tres Caines,” which fictionalizes the story of the country’s paramilitary violence, is under fire from victims groups and losing commercial sponsorships. “Tres Caines,” or...
Ex-congressman convicted for role in 1988 paramilitary massacre
Colombia’s Judicial Court on Wednesday convicted a former congressman for his role in a paramilitary massacre of 43 civilians in 1988. Former Congressman Cesar Perez was convicted for his involvement in a paramilitary...
Uribe behind assassination of AUC founders: Demobilized warlord
Colombia’s former president Alvaro Uribe is behind the assassination of Carlos and Vicente Castaño, two of the brothers who founded paramilitary organization AUC, says former paramilitary commander “El Aleman.”...
Paramilitary emails allege CIA worked with AUC
An estimated 700 emails from the computer of former AUC commander and drug lord Vicente Castaño revealed the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and many top Colombian politicians may have been working with the paramilitary...
Paramilitaries ordered to testify in murder trial of former DAS official
A Bogota judge ordered five paramilitary leaders who are currently being held in the U.S. to testify in the murder trial of a former top official in Colombia’s Department of Administrative Security (DAS), Jose...
Colombian politician wants former VP investigated for paramilitary ties
House Representative Ivan Cepeda asked Colombian authorities Friday to investigate former Vice President Francisco Santos for his alleged ties to paramilitaries. In a letter Cepeda requested the Prosecutor General’s Office...
Jailed paramilitary names high profile kidnappers
Extradited AUC commander “Don Berna,” has named a deceased AUC comrade and ex-Colombian intelligence agency official in several high profile kidnappings, reported local media Tuesday. Diego Fernando Murillo Bejarano...
