Unknown gunmen assassinated a former congressman and alleged attorney of drug cartel Los Rastrojos in southwest Colombia on Wednesday. Moises Orozco, a controversial former president of the House of Representatives, died…
Army troops captured four FARC guerillas in northwest Colombia, among them included the captor of former congressman Oscar Tulio Lizcano. The capture took place in a rural area located in…
Former Congressman German Olano said that he will fully comply with the Supreme Court during investigations into the Bogota corruption scandal that involved the fraudulent awarding of public works contracts…
A congressman demands demolition of a statue that pays homage to paramilitaries in Cordoba, a department recently hit by neo-paramilitary violence. Congressman Ivan Cepeda made a request via the right…
Three former congressmen are under investigation for their alleged roles in the corruption scandal at Colombia’s drug enforcement agency, according to newly elected Prosecutor General Viviane Morales. The National Narcotics…
Congressman Ivan Cepeda Castro, son of Patriotic Union Senator Manuel Cepeda who was murdered in 1994, appealed to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) to demand the Colombian government respects…
Colombia’s Supreme Court will investigate whether two former congressmen from the north-west Choco department could be tried for crimes against humanity. The court will investigate if former House of Representatives…
An investigation by Caracol Radio found that Colombian congressman Enrique Chapman is listed as a fugitive from justice in files belonging to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons. Chapman, a congressional representative…
Authorities in the Colombian cities of Bogota and Cartagena, as well as in the northwestern department of Choco, suspect fraudulent activity in the ballot counting for the country’s congressional elections…