Tag: fake demobilizations
Colombian army needs to answer for fake demobilizations: Former peace commissioner
Colombia’s former peace commissioner said Wednesday that the army needs to answer for...
Paramilitary chief held back forces and arms to maintain control over drugs: Report
Top paramilitary commander and Medellin crime lord “Don Berna” reserved men and arms...
Canada grants asylum to Colombia’s former peace commissioner: Report
Canada has granted political asylum to Colombia’s former peace commissioner who has skirted...
Arrest warrant against Restrepo is ‘legal error’: Uribe
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has branded the trial of his former peace commissioner a “legal error,” as he continues to defend officials from his controversial administration who now face jail time,...
‘I cannot even imagine jail’: Colombia’s former peace commissioner
Colombia’s former peace commissioner has professed his innocence in face of accusations of fake FARC demobilizations, calling the prosecutor general’s charges against him “an outrage.” Speaking in an...
Ex-official faked demobilization numbers: Ex-paramilitary
A former paramilitary leader accused ex-Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo, who oversaw the demobilization of the AUC, of inflating the numbers of demobilized paramilitary members, Colombian media reported. The ex-head of...
