Colombia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered more than $765,000 compensation to be paid to victims of ex-paramilitary chief “El Iguano” of the AUC Catatumbo Bloc. The Supreme Court ordered the compensation of…
The son of notorious former AUC top commander Ramon Isaza has been captured by police in central Colombia on Friday, said police sources. Ovidio Isaza, alias “Roque,” was caught in…
Former AUC paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso has asked that a private security company be in charge of protecting his family in Colombia rather than state agents, reported local media Friday.…
A Bogota court ordered Colombia’s Justice Ministry to protect the family of the extradited ex-AUC commander Salvatore Mancuso before giving further testimonies about his paramilitary activities, reported newspaper El Espectador…
Lawyers of the ex-AUC commander “Macaco” said Monday their client would not continue collaborating with Colombia’s Justice and Peace process without guarantees of legal immunity in the United States. Macaco,…
Colombia’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that a group of victims who suffered at the hands of an AUC front will have their pending compensation benefits suspended. Victims of the AUC’s Jose…
More than 11,000 Colombian politicians, state officials, businessmen and citizens are facing accusations of being accomplices to paramilitary groups, said research group Verdad Abierta Thursday. “We asked the Prosecutor General’s…
An estimated 700 emails from the computer of former AUC commander and drug lord Vicente Castaño revealed the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and many top Colombian politicians may have…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office warned Tuesday that 1,500 demobilized paramilitaries could be released in 2013 without having been investigated for human rights violations. As part of the 2005 widely-criticized Justice…