Partying politician removed from Bogota prison
A former senator who invited dozens of friends over to Bogota‘s La Picota prison for a birthday dinner has been transferred to a prison in Barranquilla. The move was announced…
A former senator who invited dozens of friends over to Bogota‘s La Picota prison for a birthday dinner has been transferred to a prison in Barranquilla. The move was announced…
A group of former AUC members from the Catatumbo bloc began their hearing before the courts, the prosecutor general’s website reported Wednesday. Prosecutors for the National Unity for Justice and…
Colombia’s inspector general wants the court to sentence a number of former M-19 guerrillas for the 1985 siege of the Palace of Justice in Bogota, which left more than 100…
Colombia’s interior and justice minister replaced the director of Bogota’s La Picota prison after ongoing reports of jailed politicians having parties. Minister German Vargas Lleras also warned the politicians who…
Colombian police said Tuesday they have arrested one of the alleged leaders of neo-paramilitary drug trafficking gang “Los Paisas” in Medellin. Luis Fernando Jaramillo Arroyave, alias “Nano,” was arrested in…
In a report given to newspaper El Espectador, Colombia’s former deputy prosecutor general says the country’s judicial system is in a state of crisis. Ex-Deputy Prosecutor General Francisco Jose Sintura…
A Colombian businesswoman is sentenced to nine years in prison for ties to paramilitary organizations, El Tiempo reported Tuesday. Enilse Lopez, alias “La Gata” (“The Cat”), an entrepreneur who made…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos expressed his support for Colombia’s justice system in the case against his predecessor Alvaro Uribe over illegal wiretapping. “I would be very sad as a Colombian…
Colombia’s State Council requests a disciplinary investigation into the former inspector general, who allegedly ordered the illegal wiretapping of over 50 state officials. Edgardo Maya Villazon, who stepped down in…