Tag: Javier Caceres Leal

Colombia’s ex-congress president jailed for parapolitics

Colombia’s Supreme Court has sentenced Colombian senator and former president of the congress Javier Caceres Leal to nine years in prison for ties with paramilitary groups in the north of the country, reported local media...

Former President of Congress accepted AUC money: Ex-paramilitary

An ex-paramilitary testified Tuesday that the former President of Congress accepted over $400,000 from demobilized paramilitary group the AUC for his political campaign in 2006, reports newscast CM&. Jose Gelvez Albarracin,...

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