The Colombian state has been issued a $400,000 fine for the two-year imprisonment of a former senator who had wrongfully been accused of teaming up with paramilitary death squads, local media reported…
An ex-Colombian senator, formerly accused of working with paramilitaries, sued the state for $3.35 million, Caracol Radio reported Friday. Carlos Garcia Orjuela was released from jail in September 2010 after…
The boss of Bogota’s mass transit system, Transmilenio has resigned due to exhaustion after four months in the job, Colombian media reported Tuesday. Carlos Garcia’s resignation was announced by Bogota mayor…
Chairman of president Santos’ Partido de la U, former Senator Carlos Garcia Orjuela, was released from jail Wednesday after the Supreme Court absolved the politician of “parapolitics” charges. Garcia, who…
Carlos Garcia, the former president of coalition party De la U and close ally of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, was called to trial for his alleged links with paramilitary groups.…