Once the FARC has released the ten political hostages currently in captivity, the Colombian government and the guerrillas must take steps towards a peace agreement resulting in the disarmament, demobilization…
Medellin’s former mayor claimed Tuesday that fake members of demobilized paramilitary organization AUC took part in the city’s reintegration program. While testifying at the trial of four ex-members of the…
A Colombian judge warranted the arrest of the country’s former peace commissioner Thursday after judicial authorities found out the Uribe associate had left the country despite a pending investigation into…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General has come under fire for allegely advising the now-demobilized paramilitary organization AUC in 2005. Maria Isabel Rueda, columnist of El Tiempo newspaper, on Sunday accused prosecutor Viviane Morales…
Colombia’s Justice Ministry is studying the possibility of introducing new legislation aimed especially at members of drug trafficking organizations, W Radio reported Tuesday. Following the official demobilization of the paramilitary…
Thirty-five of the 267 alleged members of neo-paramilitary group ERPAC who were released after their demobilization in December have been arrested, Colombian authorities said. The Prosecutor General’s Office, which was…
Police in central Colombia have arrested four alleged members of the demobilized faction of neo-paramilitary group ERPAC, bringing the total number detained to ten, with 257 still at large. The…
A grenade attack in the southwest of Colombia has left at least ten people injured, local authorities said Monday. According to the authorities, an unknown man threw the fragmentation grenade…
The only alleged member of neo-paramilitary group ERPAC who was arrested after the surprise release of 267 demobilizing neo-paramilitaries plead not guilty to conspiracy and drug trafficking charges Thursday. Despite…