The United States arrested Colombia’s fugitive former agriculture minister who in his home country is facing a 17-year sentence for the embezzlement of millions of dollars in tax money. The arrest was…
Inhabitants of the impoverished Choco province in west Colombia have gone on strike and vow not to return to work until the national government takes action to curb rampant state…
Reporting on a Colombia’s peace process with FARC rebels has really only just begun. The hard part, reporting on possible misgivings and irregularities in the pending process, are only now emerging.…
Impunity for crime is almost absolute in Colombia where only 1% of crimes results in a conviction, said the country’s new prosecutor general in his inauguration speech. The incoming chief prosecutor,…
The former security chief of Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos is investigated for being the alleged mastermind behind the spying on journalists investigating police corruption and misconduct, local media reported Monday.…
While a top Colombian anti-narcotics official racked up accolades for putting narcos behind bars, he secretly built his own drug trafficking network. Now, he will pay the price, 16 years…
US President Barack Obama signed into law an expansion of counter-narcotics prosecutors’ power that has alarmed Colombians who fear small coca growers could be extradited.
Following a number of major corruption and abuse scandals, Colombia’s National Police is reportedly undergoing the biggest purge of allegedly corrupt officials in two decades.
An embezzlement scandal at Colombia’s main oil refinery, Reficar, has become Colombia’s biggest corruption scandal ever, with $4 billion missing and a $16 million prostitute bill.