The capture of some 32 local politicians in northwestern Colombia Wednesday is only the start of a much larger purge ordered by the state on the strength of testimony provided by a demobilized…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General charged demobilized paramilitary leader Freddy Rendon, alias “El Aleman” with the 1999 kidnapping of Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba. The prosecution alleges that El Aleman, who led the…
Five months after Spanish judge Balthasar Garzon ordered the extradition of Colombia’s controversial “emerald czar” Victor Carranza for alleged paramilitary links, the National Court in Madrid has annulled the investigation…
Paramilitary warlord Freddy ‘El Aleman’ Rendon Herrera confirmed on Monday that he had given COP100 million (US$50,000) to Ruben Dario Quintero, just before the latter was elected Senator for Cambio…