Extradited paramilitaries taken off public record
Seven Colombian paramilitary leaders extradited to the U.S. have been removed from public records in the last few months, leaving their victims virtually without hope of compensation or access to…
Seven Colombian paramilitary leaders extradited to the U.S. have been removed from public records in the last few months, leaving their victims virtually without hope of compensation or access to…
Manuel Bernal, the accountant of extradited paramilitary chief Salvatore Mancuso, was murdered in Bogota by unknown assassins, radio station La FM reported Wednesday. Manuel Bernal had been Mancuso’s accountant for years…
Colombian police arrested a woman suspected of trafficking arms for the country’s largest rebel group FARC and wanted by Peru. The 40-year-old Gilma Montenegro was arrested in Mocoa, a town…
Extradited paramilitary leader “Jorge 40” suspended all collaboration with Colombian justice until after his U.S. trial for drug charges. The attorney of the former AUC leader informed Colombia’s Supreme Court…
An extradited commander of Colombian guerrilla group FARC, Juan Jose “Chiguiro” Martinez Vega, was sentenced to 27.5 years in jail by a New York court for drugs and arms trafficking, Venezuelan…
The United States has implemented measures to allow Colombian prosecutors easier access to extradited leaders of paramilitary organization AUC, says Colombia’s prosecutor general. In an interview with newspaper El Espectador,…
A U.S. court handed down Tuesday a 29-year sentence to Colombian FARC operative Erminso Cuevas Cabrera, alias “Mincho,” for conspiring to import cocaine into the country. In April 2010, after…
Colombia on Thursday extradited Margarita Pabon, former legal advisor to pyramid scheme DMG, to the U.S. to face money laundering charges. The director of Interpol in Colombia, Colonel Alvaro Pico,…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday authorized the extradition of Eder Pedraza, alias “Ramon Mojana,” the first demobilized paramilitary to be sent to the U.S. since Colombia modified the extradition law in June.…