Colombian court upholds sentence of US sex offender
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Thursday absolved a U.S. citizen of the charge of lewd and lascivious acts with children, but upheld his prison sentence for the possession of child pornography.…
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Thursday absolved a U.S. citizen of the charge of lewd and lascivious acts with children, but upheld his prison sentence for the possession of child pornography.…
A proposed legal referendum on implementing life imprisonment for convicted child rapists failed Tuesday in Colombia’s House of Representatives, reported La Semana weekly. With a vote of 14 in favor…
The FARC have been recruiting minors in 178 of Colombia’s 1,200 municipalities, says the country’s highest police commander. According to General Oscar Naranjo, director of the National Police, the guerrilla…
A porn director wanted for extradition to Colombia on charges of using children in his films has claimed the girls showed fake documents to prove they were of legal age.…
One child remained in hospital and 40 were released after being admitted in a trance-like state following a show by a hypnotist at their school in southern Colombia. Magician Miller…
A letter allegedly written by a FARC leader showed the rebel group aims to increase recruitment of minors as many guerrilla fighters are aging and illiterate, newspaper El Espectador reported Friday.…
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will provide a $1 million grant to a Colombia NGO for early childhood development services around the country, the development financing organization announced Tuesday. Through…
The Colombian Inspector General’s Office found irregularities and possible evidence of bribery in the Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) contracts, various media reported Tuesday. In a review of 78 ICBF…
A human rights prosecutor has requested a 60-year sentence for an Army lieutenant who allegedly murdered three children, raping one of them, newspaper El Espectador reported Tuesday. Lieutenant Raul Muñoz Linares…