Barranquilla’s Mayor faces jail sentence
Barranquilla Mayor Alex Char and three members of his cabinet will face 10-day imprisonment for failing to obey a judge’s ruling. The arrest warrant was issued by the sixth municipal…
Barranquilla Mayor Alex Char and three members of his cabinet will face 10-day imprisonment for failing to obey a judge’s ruling. The arrest warrant was issued by the sixth municipal…
A US soldier and military contractor who were taken out of Colombia after their arrest was warranted for the rape of a 12-year old girl in 2007, do not face criminal…
Authorities in the southern Colombian department of Putumayo on Monday arrested a member of the indigenous Awa tribe who is suspected of the massacre of twelve of his people in…
Colombian authorities Monday arrested two Congressmen who are alleged to have enjoyed ties to paramilitary warlords. Representative Edgar Ulises Torres (Cambio Radical) is suspected of having had relations with Freddy…
The director of Colombian intelligence agency DAS, does not rule out the possibility that recently denounced illegal wiretaps of government critics are being conducted by private security companies and illegal…
Colombia’s intelligence service DAS continues to illegally wiretap government critics in the press, Congress and the Supreme Court, despite the fact numerous officials are already in jail awaiting trial for…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office said on Sunday that the twelve indigenous who were massacred last week were killed by bullets normally not used by illegal armed groups in the region.…
Extradited paramilitary warlord ‘Jorge 40’, one of the most important witnesses in trials against politicians who allegedly collaborated with the paramilitaries, has refused further cooperation with Colombian justice. The U.S.…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will not change the shortlist of Prosecutor General candidates despite criticism of his nominees’ qualities and an apparent reluctance of the Supreme Court to elect one…