Govt to propose DAS replacement to Congress
The government will submit to Congress this week a bill proposing the framework for a new intelligence and counterintelligence state agency that will eventually replace the country’s security agency, the…
The government will submit to Congress this week a bill proposing the framework for a new intelligence and counterintelligence state agency that will eventually replace the country’s security agency, the…
The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that will see the granting of extraordinary powers to the government for six months to divide and restructure ministries and state agencies, El Tiempo…
President Juan Manuel Santos is set to meet with members of the Conservative Party Monday to try and avoid a political crisis within the National Unity coalition. Frictions began to…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has thrown out a case brought last year against suspected FARC “front-men,” reported newspaper El Tiempo Saturday. According to the newspaper, the office additionally requested that…
The head of Colombia’s drug enforcement agency (DNE) noted progress in rooting out corruption, while admitting there is still much to be done, reported El Pais Tuesday. Juan Carlos Restrepo,…
Colombia’s scandal-hit drugs enforcement agency will use a U.S. system to digitally monitor assets seized from narco-traffickers, reports Caracol. National Narcotics Office (DNE) head Juan Carlos Restrepo said that the…
The new director of Colombia’s drugs enforcement agency (DNE), which was taken over by the government on Tuesday, said that “everyone” has access to assets seized by the organization. The…
The Colombian government on Tuesday took control of the country’s drugs enforcement agency DNE because of corruption within the organization, which administers assets seized from narco-traffickers, according to Caracol Radio. At…