The president of Colombia’s Congress issued a formal apology over lawmakers’ ties to a paramilitary group in one of the country’s most conflict-ridden states, but failed to mention other lawmakers’ ties to other paramilitary groups in the remaining…
An ex-paramilitary commander was sentenced on Thursday to 13 years in prison after admitting responsibility for aggravated murder amongst other crimes. Former AUC commander Jorge Ivan Laverde Zapata, alias “El Iguano,”…
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered more than $765,000 compensation to be paid to victims of ex-paramilitary chief “El Iguano” of the AUC Catatumbo Bloc. The Supreme Court ordered the compensation of…
A former AUC commander confirmed accusations that paramilitary groups helped finance ex-president Alvaro Uribe’s campaign in 2002. According to website Verdadabierta, various ex-paramilitary leaders including Salvatore Mancuso and Jorge Ivan…
The current ombudsman of Bogota, Francisco Rojas Birry, has been accused of courting the support of paramilitaries in his 1998 senate election campaign, Caracol reported Thursday. Rojas Birry, who is…
The Inspector General’s Office on Monday appealed against the Superior Tribunal of Bogota’s decision to sentence former paramilitary Jorge Ivan Laverde Zapata, alias “El Iguano,” to only eight years in…
The Superior Court of the Justice and Peace process orders the state to investigate whether demobilized paramilitaries are hiding funds abroad, El Tiempo reported Monday. President of the Reparation Commission…
Colombia’s courts on Wednesday convicted a third demobilized paramilitary participating in the Justice and Peace process, Semana reports. Jorge Ivan Laverde Zapata, alias “El Iguano,” has been found guilty in…
Former paramilitaries admit to cremating the bodies of some 150 of their victims in northern Colombia between 2000 and 2004, prosecutors told news agency AP. According to Leonardo Cabana of…