Colombia’s Office of the Prosecutor General has refuted claims that more than 400 paramilitaries are eligible to be released before December 2014, saying the number is closer to 160, Colombia’s…
More than 400 incarcerated Colombian paramilitaries are scheduled to be released before December 2014 after having served their eight year sentences as a result of submitting to Colombia’s Justice and…
Former paramilitary leader “Don Berna” has been charged with an additional 20 crimes by a Medellin court chamber in charge of investigating crimes committed by the now-demobilized AUC.
A Colombian court has begun proceedings to exclude a former paramilitary boss from judicial benefits he was granted when demobilizing a decade ago. The Prosecutor General’s Office said Monday that…
The demobilization process made available to paramilitaries starting in 2005 failed to deliver justice to victims of armed conflict or truth to the country, said the vice-president of Colombia’s Supreme Court, in…
A former commander of the now-defunct AUC on Monday asked forgiveness to the families of victims he admitted to have tortured and killed while he was with the paramilitary group.
Colombia’s justice minister said on Tuesday that legislation regulating the demobilization of tens of thousands of paramilitary fighters last decade has failed to achieve its intended goal of securing truth,…
Two prominent former commanders of Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC will stand on trial next week for numerous crimes against humanity including several prominent kidnapping cases.
Colombian authorities formally revoked judicial benefits granted to demobilized and extradited paramilitary commander “Gordolindo” on Tuesday.