Former Colombia governor sentenced to 55 years for triple homicide
A former governor of the La Guajira province in Northern Colombia was on Monday sentenced to 55 years in prison for his involvement in a triple murder. Juan Francisco “Kiko”…
A former governor of the La Guajira province in Northern Colombia was on Monday sentenced to 55 years in prison for his involvement in a triple murder. Juan Francisco “Kiko”…
A US judge ruled Colombian war victims are allowed to sue banana giant Chiquita Brands under American jurisdiction, according to the victims’ defense. The court decision quashed the multinational fruit and vegetable…
Colombia’s prosecution on Monday presented an “arsenal of evidence” relating to crimes of rape, forced sterilization and abortion allegedly committed by left-wing FARC rebels. Prosecutor Jorge Perdomo’s report was the result of…
Colombia’s justice system has used preventive detention to keep suspects off the streets during legal proceedings, but a court order and a clogged prosecution may now lead to the exodus of 20,000 crime…
Colombia’s president, Juan Manuel Santos, successfully held off the Supreme Court’s election of a Prosecutor General until after appointing an impressive seven new members to the top court’s board of…
Colombia’s government and FARC rebels on Wednesday announced prison sentences of no more than eight years for war crimes committed during the country’s conflict the warring parties are trying to…
Some 3,500 Colombians have allegedly been involved in what seems to be a systematic abuse of the country’s justice system, according to an NGO dedicated to curb the use of…
A former paramilitary commander was excluded from the transitional justice process Thursday and instead received a four-decade prison sentence due to his suspected remorselessness.
Colombian authorities on Thursday released the detained brother of a notorious paramilitary leader serving a lengthy jail sentence in the US on the grounds that the investigation into his case has…