A former governor and Liberal Party member was arrested Tuesday on charges of embezzlement, reported El Espectador Wednesday. Whitman Herney Porras Perez is under investigation by the prosecutor general for…
According to El Tiempo, ex-president Uribe is experiencing difficulty in allying his party with Antioquian Conservatives against rivals in the upcoming election for the governor of Antioquia and the mayor…
The Inspector General’s Office has initiated 40 investigations into 14 mayors and 6 governors for suspected contract irregularities. Of the 14 mayors being investigated, six are from the capital cities…
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office has opened investigations into Antioquia Governor Luis Alfredo Ramos for alleged contract irregularities. The supposed irregularities pertain to some 40 contracts in which a possible breach…
The acting governer of Colomabi’s southern department of Guaviare resigned on Wednesday citing lack of time to perform his duties, reports RCN Radio. Governor Felipe Robledo is also the current…
Colombia’s Ministry of Defense on Thursday published e-mails it says were retrieved from the computers of slain FARC leader “Mono Jojoy,” which discuss public relations strategies and plan the 2009 kidnap…
A Colombian High Court official requested the investigation of Inspector General’s office employee Maria Eugenia Carreño, who publicly criticized the Court’s decision to reinstate disgraced governor Juan Carlos Abadia. Julia Emma Garzon,…
Colombia’s Inspector General asked the Valle department’s High Council of the Judiciary to reinstate a ban against former Governor Juan Carlos Abadia from holding public office. The Inspector General’s office…
Colombia’s Supreme Court sentenced a former governor of the Cesar department in northern Colombia to seven and a half years in prison for his involvement with paramilitary groups, reports W Radio. Former…