Colombian scientist Juan Carlos Martinez is on the team working to send NASA’s Parker Solar Probe to explore the sun’s atmosphere during the 2018 summer. The unmanned 10-foot-high probe mission will come closer to the…
The newly crowned Mrs. Universe, Colombia’s Layla Martinez, said Tuesday sore losers have accused her of being married to a drug trafficker. According to Martinez, Russian press have falsely linked…
A former politician will be investigated for allegedly receiving support from drug traffickers in western Colombia during his 2002 election campaign. The Inspector General’s Office will look into whether ex-senator…
A high-profile former Colombian senator, detained for collaborating with paramilitary groups and drug trafficking organizations, was denied bail by the Prosecutor General’s Office Tuesday. In a sworn statement before a magistrate, demobilized…
Six men were arrested for fraud only hours before Colombia’s southwestern Valle del Cauca department took to the polls to redo last year’s local elections. Among those arrested were the…
One of Colombia’s most controversial ex-senators on Friday requested international oversight of his drug trafficking trial, claiming the country’s judicial system will not respect processual guarantees. Juan Carlos Martinez was…
A Cali court ruled Wednesday that an ex-senator who was convicted to seven and a half years in prison in 2009 for his links to paramilitary groups, is allowed to…
Convicted Colombian “parapolitician” Juan Carlos Martinez could face extradition to the U.S after authorities announced he is being investigated for drug trafficking. The Colombian deputy director of the National Police…
A Barranquilla judge on Friday granted three-day leaves to a former senator who was sentenced to seven and a half years in jail last month for his ties to paramilitary…