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 paramilitary group AUC, and send him home to Colombia on March 27. The return of the…
The US government has confirmed it will release Salvatore Mancuso, the former leader of paramilitary group AUC, and send him home to Colombia on March 27. The return of the…
Colombai’s Prosecutor General’s Office has charged 12 major paramilitary bosses with around 15,000 victims of a collection of war crimes and other criminal acts before they are set free in June,…
“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…
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…
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…
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 former paramilitary leader…
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…
The U.S. government presented a plan designed to make it easier for Colombian judicial authorities to access extradited paramilitaries being held in U.S. prisons, in order to facilitate victim reparation in Colombia’s…
Despite guarantees, only six of the fourteen former top AUC paramilitary leaders who were extradited to the United States two years ago have been able to participate in Colombia’s Justice…