Colombia’s new justice minister sworn in
President Juan Manuel Santos swore in Colombia’s new Justice Minister Ruth Stella Correa during a ceremony in Bogota Thursday. “It’s time to turn the page because we have to fight for the needs of...
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Colombia’s Santos appoints new justice minister
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos appointed a new justice minister Friday, following the resignation of Juan Carlos Esguerra amid the fallout of the controversial justice reform bill, newspaper El Espectador reported. At a...
Colombian Congress to be investigated for passing of justice reform bill
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office will investigate the country’s Congress for its handling of a controversial justice reform initiative, that was initially passed and then scrapped. The preliminary...
Colombia’s justice minister resigns after failing judicial reform
Colombia’s justice minister resigned Friday after President Juan Manuel Santos’...
Demobilized guerrillas ready to apologize
Former guerrilla leaders are prepared to apologize for their crimes after Colombia’s Minister of Justice Juan Carlos Esguerra called for approximately 10,000 demobilized members of leftist armed groups to contribute to the...
Former guerrillas ‘must apologize for crimes’
Colombia’s justice minister said Tuesday he wanted former members of illegal armed groups like the FARC, EPL and M-19 to apologize for crimes they committed and to compensate their victims. Minister of Justice Juan Carlos...
Uribe bashes Santos’ ‘Framework for Peace’
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Wednesday that a bill allowing peace talks with illegal armed groups as proposed by his successor Juan Manuel Santos will give amnesty to the perpetrators of Tuesday’s assault...
Colombia denies negotiations between US and Rastrojos drug gang leader
The United States government denied reports that the leader of the Rastrojos drug trafficking organization had turned himself over to U.S. authorities, according to Colombian Justice Minister Juan Carlos Esguerra, reported local...
Colombia wants to change extradition policies
Colombian criminals wanted for extradition should serve sentences at home before being sent abroad, says the country’s Justice Minister Juan Carlos Esguerra. Some Colombian prisoners extradited to the U.S. are being given...
Colombian Justice Minister calls on Restrepo to return
Colombia’s Justice Minister has called on the fugitive ex-Peace Commissioner Juan Carlos Restrepo to return to his country and face trial, reported Colombian website Terra Monday. Restrepo, who served as peace commissioner...
Govt rejects Uribe’s criticism of ex-peace commissioner’s trial
The Colombian government has rejected claims by ex-President Alvaro Uribe that the trial of his former peace commissioner has political undertones which might pressure judges for a conviction, reported El Espectador Monday....
Human rights court to review Mapiripan massacre verdict
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) announced Tuesday it would reconsider its ruling against the Colombian government in a 1997 massacre case. The Colombian defense minister, Juan Carlos Esguerra, visited the...
