Controversial army major attacked in prison fight
A jailed army major who was recently moved to Bogota‘s La Picota prison was nearly killed by a fellow-inmate in a drinking binge two weeks ago, newspaper El Tiempo reported…
A jailed army major who was recently moved to Bogota‘s La Picota prison was nearly killed by a fellow-inmate in a drinking binge two weeks ago, newspaper El Tiempo reported…
Despite a looming arrest warrant against him, Bernardo Moreno, chief of staff under Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe, says he will not seek political asylum. Following news that the country’s…
A former subcontractor of Alabama-based coal company Drummond will have to appear before a Colombian court for the murder of two unionists. The suspect, Jaime Blanco Maya, is accused of…
A jailed former paramilitary has escaped prison during an expedition to an alleged paramilitary mass grave. According to media reports, the former paramilitary ringleader, Juan Manuel Barreto, alias “Javier,” fled…
A Barranquilla man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for the murder of a Spanish female tourist visiting the north Colombian city for its annual carnival in March.…
A judge who decided to release a member of the FARC guerrilla group before the end of his sentence dismisses President Juan Manuel Santos’ description of him as a “bad…
A prosecutor in the east Colombian city of Bucaramaga on Saturday prevented the premature release of an important FARC guerrilla by filing a new arrest warrant. FARC member “Chucho,” one…
The three directors of disgraced construction company Nule Group have been transferred to a Bogota prison Saturday, several media reported. Guido, Manuel and Miguel Nule spent the past weeks in…
The alleged right-hand man of slain FARC commander “Mono Jojoy” was released Friday after a judge ruled there had been procedural errors in his arrest. Alleged guerrilla “Chucho” was arrested…