Over 100 lawyers representing the families of some 4,000 Colombians allegedly murdered by illegal armed groups funded by Chiquita Brands International are working together to make one giant case against…
Former Colombian Congress President Miguel Pinedo Vidal surrendered to authorities Wednesday after being called to trial for his alleged paramilitary links, newspaper El Espectador reported Wednesday. The former senator of…
With a projected 20,000 more inmates this year than last, the Colombia’s prison authority is calling for the construction of more prisons, Caracol Radio reported Friday. Director of the prison authority…
Colombia’s Supreme Court wants the Prosecutor General’s Office to investigate if prison authorities illegally allowed jailed politicians to be prematurely released from prison, newspaper El Tiempo reported Friday. Earlier this…
Fourteen suspected FARC militants were captured by Colombia’s security forces in the city of Cucuta, in the northern Norte de Santander department, W Radio reported Wednesday. The men, who were captured…
Colombia’s Supreme Court has ordered investigations to be opened against some 60 soldiers, policemen, politicians and prosecutors after testimony by the extradited drug trafficker, Juan Carlos “El Tuso” Sierra implicated…
Colombia’s proposed Victims Law, which sets out compensation for victims of the country’s armed conflict, remains to be passed after debate in the Senate over the period it should cover,…
A judge orders the seizure of nearly $160 million worth of assets from the Colombian conglomerate Nule Group, which is caught up in a corruption scandal involving Bogota officials, Caracol…
Former Colombian Senator Luis Eladio Perez has launched formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights against former Presidents Andres Pastrana and Alvaro Uribe relating to the time he…