Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Monday that the prosecution is being used to traffic drugs and protects alleged criminals in the Pacific port city of Buenaventura. The president referred to…
One of Prosecutor General Francisco Barbosa’s delegates before the Supreme Court was sacked on Monday for his alleged involvement in a major corruption scandal. In a press release, the Prosecutor…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said that Prosecutor General Francisco Barbosa accused guerrilla group ELN of planning his assassination for political reasons. Petro said so on Twitter after the security forces…
Colombia’s prosecution said Tuesday that guerrilla ELN is planning to “carry out a terrorist attack against the prosecutor general, Francisco Barbosa.” The ELN dismissed the accusation and said the prosecution…
A mushrooming wiretapping scandal has led to the temporary suspension of debates on President Gustavo Petro’s pending reform proposals. On top of that, the National Electoral Council (CNE) summoned Petro’s…
Colombia’s prosecution raided the presidential palace on Tuesday amid growing tensions between President Gustavo Petro and chief prosecutor Francisca Barbosa. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, the raid was part…
Government statistics suggest that Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has all but collapsed since chief prosecutor Francisco Barbosa took office. According to the statistics, the Prosecutor General’s Office successfully prosecuted 11,816…
Colombia’s chief prosecutor closed a prosecution office in the north of the country after paramilitaries allegedly kidnapped three officials for interrogation. In a press release, Prosecutor General Francisco Barbosa said…
Colombia’s chief prosecutor is desperately trying to sweep evidence of the assassinations of least 44 anti-government protesters by police under the rug. In a report to the Inter-American Commission on…