Former key paramilitary commander released from prison
One of the most important commanders of the now-defunct paramilitary organization AUC was released...
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Former Colombian governor arrested for alleged links to paramilitaries
The former Governor of the western Colombian state of Choco was arrested Friday on suspected ties...
Paramilitary commander ‘El Aleman’ to be charged with forced displacement
A former commander of defunct paramilitary group AUC, alias “El Aleman,” will be...
3 officials sentenced to prison for paramilitary ties
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...
40 politicians investigated for political alliance with paramilitary group
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 death squad. The...
11 north Colombia politicians jailed for paramilitary ties
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 accused of being a...
‘Parapoliticians’ arrested in northwest Colombia
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...
Ex-AUC members displaced by ‘FARC’ guerrillas in Choco
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. The group of...
‘El Aleman’: Emerald czar backed paramilitaries
Former paramilitary leader Freddy Rendon Herrera, alias “El Aleman,” told a Bogota court that emerald czar Victor Carranza gave important economic support to the paramilitaries. El Tiempo reported Thursday that El...
13 Uraba politicians charged with paramilitary ties
Thirteen local politicians in Uraba, northern Colombia, are charged with having had ties to the Elmer Cardenas bloc of demobilized paramilitary organization the AUC, newspaper El Espectador reported Monday. The demobilized...
Prosecutor general to investigate ‘false’ AUC demobilization
The Prosecutor General’s Office announces it will begin investigations into the possible false demobilization of more than 850 AUC members in 2003, Radio Santa Fe reported Monday. “We are already taking action on the...
