The former chief justice of Colombia’s Supreme Court was arrested Wednesday for his alleged role in a corruption scandal that has the country’s judicial system shaken to its foundations. Justice…
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In his first testimony since his June arrest, Colombia’s former anti-corruption chief said a Supreme Court justice received money from a senator investigated for ties to paramilitary groups. Former top…
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Colombia’s arrested anti-corruption czar has vowed to cooperate with the Prosecutor General’s Office, to reveal alleged corruption practices by at least four Supreme court justices, his former employer said. Former anti-corruption…
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Election candidate Claudia Lopez impressed on Sunday as Colombia’s election authority agreed to a referendum that seeks a compulsory vote in Congress on far-reaching anti-corruption measures. Of the more than…
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When paramilitary umbrella organization AUC demobilized between 2003 and 2006, their demobilization benefited numerous unaffiliated drug traffickers. Demobilized former FARC guerrillas are now helping to prevent a repetition in their…
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Colombia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday asked one of its justices to step down after he and his daughter found themselves accused of extortion. Supreme Court Justice Gustavo Malo is the…
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The scandal that erupted after the arrest of Colombia’s top anti-corruption prosecutor is one of epic proportions not seen since 2006, when dozens of congressmen were jailed. The scandal began…
Colombia’s government is set to call a referendum in March of next year to approve a raft of measures that will tackle corruption by overhauling the current justice system, local…
One of Colombia’s Supreme Court justices facing corruption allegations has denied requests by his colleagues to step down while a criminal investigation is pending. Justice Gustavo Malo had been asked…
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Prosecutor General’s Office to formally open corruption investigations into two of its justices accused of having taken bribes from allegedly corrupt politicians. The…