The director of Colombia’s prison authority was sacked after media reported that guards helped an extradited businessman leave jail. The director of La Picota prison was also fired after television…
The alleged criminal practices of a presidential candidate are rocking Colombia’s election race. The Supreme Court ordered Congress and the prosecution to investigate 19 politicians, businessmen and prosecution officials. The…
Almost 15 million people were affected by corruption in cases that came to light between 2016 and 2020, according to Transparency for Colombia. The anti-corruption NGO analyzed 967 corruption scandals…
Colombia’s Senate president pressed criminal charges against two journalists, claiming that their evidence indicating that he is a crook is affecting his reputation. Few dispute that investigative journalist website Cuestion…
Journalists in Cali and robbers in Medellin ended up wearing bullet proof vests that Colombia’s Police was supposed to destroy. Bogota authorities announced an investigation on Monday after the arrest…
Colombia’s top election official is under fire after telling opposition politicians not to run if they felt next year’s elections wouldn’t be free and fair. Opposition candidates rejected the comments…
Opponents of Colombia’s President Ivan Duque pressed criminal charges against coalition congressmen who suspended anti-fraud legislation ahead of the 2022 elections. Prominent attorney Augusto Ocampo announced that he had pressed…
Prosecutors on Thursday arrested the governor and former governor of a province in Colombia’s oil-rich northeast on corruption and terrorism support charges. According to the prosecution, Arauca Governor Jose Facundo…
Colombia’s increasingly authoritarian President Ivan Duque is set to suspend electoral guarantees in his regime’s latest and most blatant attack on democracy. Duque’s expressed intention to suspend the “Guarantees Law”…