Prime suspect in ‘FARC drug deal’ turns US government witness
The prime suspect in an alleged drug deal supposedly involving a leader of the now-demobilized FARC guerrillas arrived in the United States and now looks set to become state witness.…
The prime suspect in an alleged drug deal supposedly involving a leader of the now-demobilized FARC guerrillas arrived in the United States and now looks set to become state witness.…
Colombia’s chief prosecutor told local media that FARC ideologue “Jesus Santrich” is the only leading former guerrilla leader who is investigated on drug trafficking charges. Santrich was arrested last week after…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos met with the leader of the FARC on Wednesday in an attempt to calm the demobilized guerrillas’ nerves over the possible extradition of one of their…
All eyes are on Colombia’s transitional justice system after the country’s chief prosecutor ordered the arrest of a political leader of demobilized FARC guerrillas on drug trafficking charges.
After former President Alvaro Uribe extradited demobilized AUC paramilitary bosses in 2008, a war broke out that killed thousands. The arrest of FARC leader “Jesus Santrich” is different.
The United States’ Drug Enforcement Administration has requested the extradition of four Medellin crime lords who are suspected of running drug trafficking rackets from prison, the city’s mayor said Thursday.…
A US federal judge ordered the extradition of Colombia’s former agriculture minister on Thursday. The former official’s attorneys vowed to appeal the decision. The extradition had been requested by Colombia…
The United States deported a former intelligence chief of Colombia’s now-defunct intelligence agency DAS, who is wanted in Colombia to face torture charges. Enrique Ariza, 49, was removed from the US on Monday to…
Spain extradited a Colombian man accused of carrying out forced abortions for Marxist FARC guerrillas, Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office announced. Hector Albeidis Arboleda, 41 known as “the Nurse,” was detained in the Spanish…