The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is supporting the launch of the Colombian government’s Access to Justice program with an investment of nearly $14 million. The two-year program,…
Following her dismissal by the Inspector General’s Office for “collaborating” with the FARC, Colombian dissident Senator Piedad Cordoba said Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez lacks the moral authority to bar her…
Seven Colombian soldiers have been sentenced to 34 years in jail for their part in a “false positive” murder of a civilian who they then reported as a guerrilla killed…
Felipe Muñoz, director of Colombian intelligence agency DAS, is under preliminary investigation by the Prosecutor General’s Office for his alleged role in the agency’s illegal wiretapping of government critics, according to El Espectador.…
“Beto Marin,” a suspected leader of the defunct Colombian Norte del Valle cocaine cartel is due to appear in a U.S. court for a hearing on whether he should be…
Documents leaked to Caracol Radio reveal that Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS spied on anyone suspected of opposing former President Alvaro Uribe, including government officials close to the then-president, the radio…
Colombia’s national police chief General Oscar Naranjo meets with Supreme Court judges to discuss recent threats made against magistrates. Court President Jaime Arrubla called the meeting as a result of…
A judge declared illegal the capture of 26 of 44 people detained for allegedly supplying arms to the FARC because the raids occurred outside the timeframe allowed by the warrant,…
More than 26,000 homicides have been identified through Colombia’s Justice and Peace process, which offers paramilitaries reduced sentences in exchange for revealing the truth about their crimes. “The results of…