Colombia’s incoming deputy chief prosecutor resigned on Saturday, two days after his appointment and one day after former President Andres Pastrana requested his removal. Prosecutor General Francisco Barbosa announced the…
Colombia’s Supreme Court elected President Ivan Duque’s former human rights adviser, Francisco Barbosa, as the country’s new chief prosecutor. Barbosa has no experience with criminal law, but studied law with…
Lawyers Without Borders and three other organizations announced they have formed a “support group” to oversee the investigation of Colombia’s Supreme Court against former President Alvaro Uribe. The organizations said…
Colombia’s Supreme Court will enter a judicial logjam unless it is able to replace a magistrate before February 27, a vote that the court president says is being sabotaged. On…
A widely rejected tax reform that was approved by Colombia’s Congress in December may become President Ivan Duque’s latest humiliation in court. Several senators and jurists have announced they will…
Colombia’s Supreme Court sentenced a former Constitutional Court president to six and a half years in prison on Wednesday for allegedly asking a $150,000 (COP500 million) bribe from an oil…
Colombia’s president Ivan Duque has finished his shortlist of Prosecutor General candidates, none of whom have any experience with criminal law. Duque’s shortlist obeys to a political tradition of providing…
A court in Colombia’s capital Bogota ordered the release of the city’s former police commander after the prosecution failed to timely call him to trial on corporate spying charges. Retired…
Colombia’s congress withdrew the lawmaker who was investigating former President Juan Manuel Santos over illegal campaign contributions by Brazilian engineering firm Odebrecht on Tuesday. Twelve of the 15 members of…