Scientist from Colombia working on NASA’s 1st mission to the sun
Colombian scientist Juan Carlos Martinez is on the team working to send NASA’s Parker Solar...
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My husband is no narco, and if he is, he is not my husband: Mrs Universe
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 her to former Senator...
Colombian drug traffickers allegedly supported ex-senator’s campaign
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 Juan...
Disgraced Colombian ‘parapolitician’ denied bail
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...
Valle del Cauca elects governor; 6 arrested for fraud
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 secretary of controversial...
‘Parapolitician’ wants international oversight of drug trafficking case
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...
Cali court orders release of highly controversial ‘parapolitician’
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 leave prison for having fulfilled his sentence. According to the...
Politician tied to paramilitaries targeted for extradition to US
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...
Jailed senator allowed temporary leaves from prison
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 groups. Politician Juan Carlos Martinez is now allowed to...
Convicted ‘parapolitics’ senator went missing from jail for 10 days
Colombia’s prison authority, Inpec, will have to provide an explanation as to why an imprisoned former senator convicted of “parapolitics” appears to have gone missing for ten days between February and March...
Colombian ex-senator sentenced to 7.5 years for para-politics
Former Senator Juan Carlos Martinez has been sentenced to seven and a half years, 90 months, in prison by the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court for his connections to the Calima bloc of the AUC. According to the court, the...
Narco-trafficker alleges Supreme Court plot against senator
Extradited narco-trafficker Olmes Duran has claimed that he was offered “judical benefits” by Supreme Court representatives in exchange for testifying against former Senator Juan Carlos Martinez Sinisterra over his...
