A judge revoked the suspension of a mayor from northern Colombia who is investigated in relation the the murder of a community leader that triggered mass protests last week. The…
Supreme Court magistrate Cristina Lombana never told the court she was married to a convicted war criminal, weekly Semana revealed on Sunday. The latest revelation of journalist Daniel Coronell adds…
Colombia’s far-right ruling party on Tuesday proposed a bill that would allow all politicians convicted since 1976 to appeal their guilty verdicts. The so-called Andres Felipe Arias bill is the…
Colombia’s former president Alvaro Uribe wants to amend Colombia’s constitution to retroactively allow all convicted politicians to appeal sentences imposed after 1991. Uribe said his constitutional amendment proposal was ready…
Following the disappearance of FARC congressman “Jesus Santrich,” Congress and the demobilized rebels are left wondering: what will happen to his congressional seat? Article 134 of Colombia’s constitution, commonly referred…
More than a year after Colombia’s Supreme Court opened an investigation into former President Alvaro Uribe on alleged witness tampering charges, no court date has been set, according to weekly…
Colombia’s far-right former President Alvaro Uribe doesn’t just want to do away with the country’s war crimes tribunal, he said he wants to abolish the rule of law and reduce…
A Bogota court denied a petition to ratify a vote granting 16 congressional seats to victims that was struck down by the senate’s former president. Senator Roy Barreras early this…
Former rebel leader “Jesus Santrich” reported himself at both the war crimes tribunal and the Supreme Court on Tuesday almost immediately after being sworn in as congressman. Santrich, whose real…