Unrepentant paramilitary commander given 40 years
A former paramilitary commander was excluded from the transitional justice process Thursday and instead received a four-decade prison sentence due to his suspected remorselessness.
A former paramilitary commander was excluded from the transitional justice process Thursday and instead received a four-decade prison sentence due to his suspected remorselessness.
Colombia’s justice minister said on Tuesday that legislation regulating the demobilization of tens of thousands of paramilitary fighters last decade has failed to achieve its intended goal of securing truth,…
The former rector of a university in northern Colombia, was indicted Thursday over allegations she tried to bribe a paramilitary commander to not incriminate her in a murder case.
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…
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…
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 Antonio.”…