One of Colombia’s most notorious war lords has begun testifying before the war crimes tribunal about the now-defunct paramilitary organization AUC. War crimes tribunal JEP heard Rodrigo Tovar in order…
While Colombia’s government is trying to get extradited paramilitary leaders repatriated and behind bars, President Ivan Duque’s party wants them far away from the war crimes tribunal. The Democratic Center…
The return of former paramilitary leader “Jorge 40” to Colombia on Monday marks the beginning of a new period of hope for victims of the now-defunct AUC. Jorge 40, whose…
Rodrigo Tovar, the former warlord who virtually owned Colombia’s Caribbean coast and its politicians, wants to talk after years of silence. The former commander of the AUC’s Northern Bloc is…
Colombia’s Interior Ministry put the son of extradited paramilitary warlord “Jorge 40,” one of the country’s most blood-thirsty war criminals, in charge of victim coordination, local media reported Tuesday. The…
A top leader of one of Colombia’s deadliest paramilitary groups has been excluded from legal benefits he had bartered in a 2005 demobilization deal, the country’s chief prosecution office said.
Brazil authorities arrested Marcos Figueroa, one of Colombia’s most politically powerful drug lords, in the city of Boa Vista on Wednesday.
An imprisoned former military captain has accused his former commanders, under direct orders from former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe, of instructing him to carry out assassinations, local news website Las 2…
Colombia’s prosecutor requested Tuesday that ex-paramilitary commander “Jorge 40” be exempt from any reduced sentencing that could be afforded to him through special legislation created for the demobilization of the…