The former director of the investigation unit of Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office was found guilty Monday of influence peddling and embezzlement. A Colombian judge placed Marilu Mendez under house arrest for…
Fondeliberdad director resigned Thursday and Santos ordered government intervention Friday in Fondeliberdad due allegations of corruption in the organization, reports Semana and Caracol Rado. Fondelibertad, a government body in…
Valle del Cauca has seen 20 kidnappings this year, 9 more than the same period last year. According to a report by the National Fund for the Defence of Individual…
Colombian authorities registered 14 cases of extortive kidnapping in January of this year, five more than in the same month in 2009. Government agency Fondelibertad reported that of the 14 people…