The Colombian Supreme Court has authorized the extradition of Danilo Bustos Suarez, the second-in-command for “El Loco,” the country’s most prolific drug trafficker. Bustos Suarez is suspected of trafficking hundreds…
Former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe denied conspiracy to discredit the Supreme Court, during the trial of a former AUC leader’s lawyer Monday. Uribe testified in front of a Bogota court:…
Former AUC leader Salvatore Mancuso told Colombia’s Supreme Court Monday that former Congress President Javier Caceres sought paramilitary support in 2003. Mancuso told the court that Caceres met with paramilitary…
Two officials of the now dismantled Colombian intelligence agency DAS were convicted for grave misconduct over the wiretapping scandal on Friday. Luz Marina Rodriguez, former DAS operative director, and Bernardo…
A former senator admitted in front of Colombia’s Supreme Court of meeting with guerrilla and paramilitary groups, but claimed it was with government approval. Ex-parliamentary Vicente Blel defended the former-President…
Salvatore Mancuso, a former leader of paramilitary group the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), was charged with numerous crimes Thursday for his suspected role in over 100 criminal acts, local…
Medellin police have arrested a man accused of being an important lieutenant of neo-paramilitary organization “Oficina de Envigado,” authorities announced Thursday. Carlos Augusto Correa Lopez, alias “Mono Pepe,” was arrested…
Gilberto Londoño Garcia, alleged business manager of drug-trafficking group Los Rastrojos’ operations in Ecuador, was arrested in northwest Bogota on Tuesday. The trafficker, alias “Profe” or “Serpa,” was allegedly in charge…
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has visited members of the demobilized AUC jailed in Colombia to offer them benefits in exchange for information about their former organization’s ties…