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…
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…
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…
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 investigation will…
Colombia’s justice minister resigned Friday after President Juan Manuel Santos’ refusal to ratify a highly controversial judicial reform promoted by the minister in Congress on behalf of the government.
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…