Colombia’s Minister of Interior and Justice German Vargas Lleras said that Colombia’s national prison authority (INPEC) were prevented by the army from inspecting the Tolemaida military detention center where former…
Three former government officials were missing from their hearing, as prosecutors began their case against persons involved in the Agro Ingreso Seguro (AIS) corruption scandal, El Espectador reports. The former…
Colombia’s Vice President Angelino Garzon condemned on Monday the lenient treatment of ex-army officers detained in the Tolemaida military detention center, local media reported. “It should be clear that individuals…
The seven accused of murdering Colombian drug kingpin “Leonidas” Vargas were declared guilty by a Spanish court Monday, reports Caracol Radio. The nine-member jury decided that Colombian Jonathan Andres O.…
A judge ruled Friday against a prosecution deal that allowed key players in the illegal spying on the Supreme Court to testify against their superiors and in return be excluded…
The Obama administration urged a federal judge to move cautiously rather than order former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to undergo questioning now about any knowledge of right-wing death squads. In…
One of the men who murdered the sister of former President Cesar Gaviria has been sentenced to 55 years in prison, El Espectador reported Wednesday. Alexander Ortiz Tierradentro was given…
The Colombian government asked the country’s Congress for $3 billion after the Constitutional Court rejected an extended state of emergency that allowed the government to use special funds to help…
The director of Colombia’s financial intelligence agency, who was under house arrest while awaiting trial for the illegal spying on supreme court magistrates, was set free after prosecutors failed to…