Unrepentant paramilitary commander given 40 years
A former paramilitary commander was excluded from the transitional justice process Thursday and...
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Colombia’s justice minister admits AUC demobilization ‘no model to repeat’
Colombia’s justice minister said on Tuesday that legislation regulating the demobilization...
Former Colombian university rector indicted for bribing paramilitary
The former rector of a university in northern Colombia, was indicted Thursday over allegations she...
Former Colombian congressman arrested for alleged paramilitary ties
A former Colombian congressman was Tuesday apprehended by authorities in the northern city of Barranquilla for alleged ties to paramilitary groups. The arrest of the former congressman, Pedro Miguel Peñalosa, was carried out by...
Paramilitary victims’ compensation overturned
Colombia’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that a group of victims who suffered at the hands of an AUC front will have their pending compensation benefits suspended. Victims of the AUC’s Jose Pablo Diaz Front, headed by...
Senior Colombian officials investigated over paramilitary ties
Several high-ranking officials of the Colombian government are being investigated for paramilitary ties, following an eight-year sentence handed down to former ACCU leader Edgar Ignacio Fierro Florez, alias “Don...
