US confirms return of former leader of Colombia’s AUC paramilitaries
The US government has confirmed it will release Salvatore Mancuso, the former leader of...
Tag: Justice and Peace Process
12 paramilitary bosses charged with crimes leaving 15000 victims
Colombai’s Prosecutor General’s Office has charged 12 major paramilitary bosses with...
Colombia’s paramilitaries will walk out of prison guilt-free
“Without a sentence, no one is considered guilty. Those who have not been declared guilty must be declared innocent.” As Colombia approaches the other end of the Justice and Peace process, the lack of successful trials casts a...
Ex-paramilitary claims conspiracy after alleged death threats
An ex-AUC member could be expelled from Colombia’s Justice and Peace process amid claims that he threatened a lawyer, while he insists he is the victim of a conspiracy orchestrated by those implicated in his testimony,...
Investigation to open against Colombia’s ambassador to Peru for ‘parapolitics’
The Prosecutor General’s Office is to investigate Jorge Visbal Martelo, Colombia’s ambassador to Peru, for his alleged ties to paramilitary groups, El Espectador newspaper reported Monday. The investigation is to be...
‘Don Berna’ again refuses to cooperate with Colombian justice
Extradited paramilitary warlord Diego Fernando Murillo, alias “Don Berna,” once again refused to cooperate with Colombia’s Justice and Peace process, reports El Tiempo. Speaking from Miami the 49-year-old...
Govt in new initiative to reintegrate ex-paramilitaries
Colombia’s government presented a draft initiative Monday which aims to provide a legal solution for the 17,000 demobilized paramilitaries left in limbo following a recent Constitutional Court decision to end their...
