Former key paramilitary commander released from prison
One of the most important commanders of the now-defunct paramilitary organization AUC was released on Thursday, after having spent eight years in prison.
One of the most important commanders of the now-defunct paramilitary organization AUC was released on Thursday, after having spent eight years in prison.
The former Governor of the western Colombian state of Choco was arrested Friday on suspected ties to paramilitary groups active in the region, one of Colombia’s poorest and most conflict-stricken,…
One of Colombia’s most prominent paramilitary leaders was charged Thursday for his alleged involvement in the kidnapping of a politician and other major crimes, reported national media outlets this Friday.
A former commander of defunct paramilitary group AUC, alias “El Aleman,” will be charged with the crime of forcibly displacing Colombians from their land and property.
Three state officials from Colombia’s northern Cordoba department have been sentenced to prison for their collaboration with the right-wing paramilitary organization AUC, radio station Caracol reported Friday. The court said…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office announced Tuesday it will order some 40 politicians from the northwest of the country to respond to accusations that they had ties to the local paramilitary…
A Colombian anti-terrorism prosecutor jailed 11 politicians from the department of Cordoba on Thursday for their alleged connections with the paramilitary Elmer Cardenas Bloc of the AUC. The defendants were…
Nine politicians, including three former mayors, are arrested for alleged links to paramilitaries in northwest Colombia, Colombian media reported Wednesday. Three former mayors, one former deputy, one demobilized paramilitary fighter,…
Eighty families of peasants and ex-AUC members in the municipality of Unguia, Choco department, have been displaced by alleged members of the FARC’s 57th Front, newspaper El Espectador reported Monday.…