Judge who released Don Mario ally sentenced to 16 years
A Bogota judge who last year had ordered the release of ‘El Indio’, the alleged number two of the organization of reputed drug lord Don Mario, was sentenced to 16…
A Bogota judge who last year had ordered the release of ‘El Indio’, the alleged number two of the organization of reputed drug lord Don Mario, was sentenced to 16…
Recaptured Colombian paramilitary leader Daniel Alejandro Serna, alias “Kener,” will be transferred to maximum security prison “Combita” on Wednesday, following his escape from house arrest in Medellin. The police recaptured…
Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva announced Wednesday a new government strategy to fight the growing problem of crime in the Caribbean coastal town of Santa Marta. Silva said in a Defense…
A Spanish judge on Monday formally accused the Venezuelan government of illicit cooperation with internationally designated terrorist groups the ETA and the FARC. The judge, Eloy Velasco, delivered the allegations…
A civil court in Florida ordered FARC members to pay three American former hostages of the guerrilla group $240 million in damages. The court issued a public notice giving the…
Last Friday, Colombia was paralyzed. Everyone was listening to the radio, or watching the news on TV, waiting for the Constitutional Court’s decision on the referendum. Here at Princeton, I…
Captured FARC leader “Martin Sombra” accepted responsibility on Wednesday for his role in the 2003 kidnapping of three American security contractors. According to judicial sources, “Martin Sombra”, whose real name…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office (PG) is in an “emergency situation,” as a court order forces it to replace 2,000 employees in two weeks. According to acting Prosecutor General Guillermo Mendoza,…
The key witness in the case against DAS officials who allegedly illegally wiretapped government opponents has died, the website of El Tiempo reported on Thursday. The deceased Jaime Fernando Ovalle…