Bernardo Moreno, who was the personal secretary of former president Alvaro Uribe, is not allowed to hold public office for 18 years after the Inspector General on Monday convicted him…
The Inspector General’s Office barred two former directors of intelligence agency DAS from holding public office for their role in the illegal wiretapping of opposition politicians, judges, journalists and human…
Extradited paramilitary leader Juan Carlos Sierra, “El Tuso,” accused former senator Mario Uribe of having received gifts, newspaper El Tiempo reported on Monday. At his first hearing of the Justice…
Former congresswoman Yidis Medina has been sentenced to four years and two months under house arrest for illegal enrichment. The Special Criminal Court in Bogota found Medina guilty of the…
Colombia’s Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez on Thursday said abortion constitutes a crime against humanity. According to W Radio, Ordoñez said that from a moral and social point of view abortion constitutes…
Chairman of president Santos’ Partido de la U, former Senator Carlos Garcia Orjuela, was released from jail Wednesday after the Supreme Court absolved the politician of “parapolitics” charges. Garcia, who…
Colombian Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez on Monday defended his decision to ban Senator Piedad Cordoba from public office for 18 years for allegedly collaborating with the FARC, saying he “could not have acted otherwise.”…
Colombian Senator Mauricio Aguilar calls for security agency DAS to be given the power to revoke the entry visas of foreign visitors to Colombia who are caught consuming drugs. These “narco-tourists”…
Former congressman Manuel Avila was arrested for alleged ties to paramilitary groups, newspaper El Espectador reported Tuesday. Avila is one of a long succession of current and former congressmen arrested…