Colombia’s Ministry of Defense asked to be recognized as a victim in the case against people who may have received government compensation by fraudulently claiming to be victims of the…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday announced $532 million to be invested in tackling the backlog in the country’s judicial system. “During the five years following the entry into…
The Colombian Prosecutor General’s Office said Tuesday that only 10 people were killed during the 1997 Mapiripan slaughter, rather than the 50 that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights said…
A New York court sentenced Monday two members of left wing guerrilla group FARC to 10 and 15 years in prison for their role in the 2008 kidnapping of an…
Former paramilitary leaders who have been extradited to the U.S. should serve the remainder of their sentence in Colombia, a commission from the Organization of American States (OAS) proposed. Colombian media…
The Supreme Court formally indicted former U Party congresswoman and ex-TV star Lucero Cortes for influence peddling on Wednesday, Colombian media reported. Cortes has been under house arrest since late…
Former Colombian congressman Ivan Diaz Mateus, imprisoned for accepting bribes in the “Yidispolitica” scandal, will be released from prison this week, Caracol Radio reported Monday. Diaz Mateus has been granted…
Colombia’s Supreme Court has ordered the investigation Thursday of the defense attorney to some of the country’s biggest stars, Abelardo de la Espriella, for his alleged links to illegal armed…
Two Colombian soldiers have been arrested by police after they alleged stabbed a motorcycle taxi driver to death in Colombia’s southwest, according to a report by Caracol Radio. The motorcycle…