Over 1000 children murdered in Colombia in 2009
A report released on Wednesday shows that 1,129 minors were murdered in Colombia in 2009. The report shows that this figure is considerably higher than that in 2008, when 882…
A report released on Wednesday shows that 1,129 minors were murdered in Colombia in 2009. The report shows that this figure is considerably higher than that in 2008, when 882…
In the trial of Medellin’s ex-Director of Prosecution Guillermo Valencia, and a business associate, a witness on Wednesday testified that the accused men requested information about the fate of notorious…
Prominent opponents of the referendum on the re-election of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe asked the country’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday to hold public hearings on the referendum. The Citizens Alliance…
A Bogota judge ordered the immediate release of another seven suspects in the extrajudicial executions of eleven young men. A total of 38 soldiers, suspected of having recruited and then…
Former defense minister and possible presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos warned politicians within his Partido de la U against affiliation with criminal or paramilitary factions. In a move to dissipate…
Three suspected members of the FARC, caught in 2007 with proof-of-life videos of hostages, were formally accused on Monday of the kidnapping of three Americans. The three U.S. military contracters…
Venezuelan authorities on Saturday announced the capture of a prominent Colombian drug trafficker wanted by the United States. U.S. authorities had offered a reward of up to US$5 million for…
Prosecutors discovered a plan to assassinate the judge in charge of the trial against retired army colonel Alfonso Plazas Vega, newscast CM& reported on Thursday. The retired colonel is accused…
Seven soldiers were sentenced on Thursday to 24 years in prison for the murder of four civilians in 2006. The sentences, which are legally mandated to be 40 years, were…