40 years prison for 3 ex-soldiers over ‘false positive’ killings
Three ex-soldiers have lost an appeal in northern Colombia and face 40 years prison over the deaths of three youths whom they allegedly lured from their home town with offers…
Three ex-soldiers have lost an appeal in northern Colombia and face 40 years prison over the deaths of three youths whom they allegedly lured from their home town with offers…
Eight Colombian military personnel were arrested Wednesday for the alleged extrajudicial killing of two civilians, in what is the latest episode in the ongoing “false positives” saga.
The newly-installed commander of Colombia’s armed forces asked his country on Tuesday to not stigmatize the military after a series of ongoing accusations of human rights violations, corruption and illegal…
An imprisoned former military captain has accused his former commanders, under direct orders from former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe, of instructing him to carry out assassinations, local news website Las 2…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos announced Tuesday that Armed Forces commander General Leonardo Barrero will be replaced amid an accumulation of corruption, wiretapping and human rights scandals.
Just a few years ago, Alvaro Uribe Velez was riding a 91% approval rating to what looked like a potential third term in what was already one of the more…
One of the judges of Colombia’s Supreme Court of the Judiciary, Henry Villarraga, is being investigated for allegedly receiving a bribe to vote for a ‘false positive’ suspect’s case to be…
Colombia’s highest administrative court has called on the country’s justice system to be more effective in processing those members of the military involved in the “false positives” scandal.
Colombia’s President has rejected the accusations made against the former commander of the country’s armed forces, General Freddy Padilla, that he was actively involved in the “false positives” scandal.