Colombia’s prosecutor general’s office dealt a blow to the Aguilar family, one of the country’s elites that have accumulated political power through corruption and extreme violence. Hugo Aguilar, the former…
The former police colonel who for decades had claimed he killed Pablo Escobar lied and in fact stole the drug lord’s favorite gun, according to weekly Semana. Hugo Aguilar, who led the…
An Army colonel who was key witness in a trial that sent a former Police colonel-turned-governor to prison is fearing for his life, while the convicted former official has been welcomed home as a…
A Colombian governor who claims to have personally shot drug-baron Pablo Escobar while a policeman, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for having ties with right-wing paramilitary forces.
The extradited leader of the defunct paramilitary group AUC, accused a former governor of having links to paramilitaries and of aiding the founders of “Los Pepes” — the notorious…
After two other witnesses recently revoked their testimoney against an ex-governor’s involvement with paramilitary, a third ex-paramilitary also has also denied being witness to the former governor’s “parapolitics.” Alexander Gutierrez,…
A second witness to a Colombian ex-governor’s alleged ties to paramilitary groups on Monday revoked his testimony condemning the politician. Jesus Guerrero, an ex-member of the AUC paramilitary group,…
A former member of the demobilized paramilitary group AUC has retracted damning testimony against a former governor of Santander, reported local media Tuesday. Luis Fernando Morales, who demobilized from AUC’s Central…