Colombia’s chief prosecutor has been accused of withholding key evidence of mafia involvement in the alleged rigging of the 2018 presidential election in favor of his friend, President Ivan Duque.…
Colombia’s chief prosecutor hasn’t been in office for a month and is already neck-deep in trouble over organized crime and corrupt interests eroding his credibility. On Wednesday alone, Prosecutor General…
Amid growing pressure, Colombia’s chief prosecutor Francisco Barbosa on Monday said he will investigate claims made by a fugitive politician over fraud in the 2018 elections. Following a meeting with…
The first week of Colombia’s new chief prosecutor, Francisco Barbosa, has been marred by concern he has more interest in party politics than the rule of law. The appointment of…
Colombia’s incoming deputy chief prosecutor resigned on Saturday, two days after his appointment and one day after former President Andres Pastrana requested his removal. Prosecutor General Francisco Barbosa announced the…
Colombia’s Supreme Court elected President Ivan Duque’s former human rights adviser, Francisco Barbosa, as the country’s new chief prosecutor. Barbosa has no experience with criminal law, but studied law with…
Colombia’s president Ivan Duque has finished his shortlist of Prosecutor General candidates, none of whom have any experience with criminal law. Duque’s shortlist obeys to a political tradition of providing…
Colombia on Wednesday called on the United Nations to take action to end an escalating humanitarian and political crisis in neighboring Venezuela. Francisco Barbosa, human rights counselor to Colombian President…