Former congressmen convicted over ties to death squads sue Colombia for damages: report
Five former congressmen, all convicted for using death squads to intimidate voters, are suing the...
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Judge orders release of recently convicted ‘parapolitians’
A judge in the north of Colombia on Thursday ordered the release of two lawmakers who had been sentenced in January to seven and a half years in jail over links to paramilitary groups. According to the judge in the city of...
Colombia’s Supreme Court jails 3 ex-congressmen for links to rightwing death squads
Colombia’s Supreme Court convicted three former Congressmen Wednesday of using the intimidation of right-wing death squads to get voted into office. Former Congressmen Luis Alberto Gil, Alfonso Riaño and Oscar Josue Reyes...
Ex-senator banned from politics for paramilitary ties
Former Senator Luis Alberto Gil was barred from holding public office for ties to now-defunct paramilitary group the AUC. After a four-year investigation, the prosecutor general concluded that ties between the ex-senator and...
‘Parapolitics’ senator’s lawyer gets 3 years for attempted bribery
Bogota’s High Tribunal has confirmed a 36 month prison sentence for the lawyer of an ex-senator charged with “parapolitics,” for attempted bribery of a key witness, Colombian media reported Wednesday. The...
‘Parapolitics’ senator’s lawyer allegedly caught on tape bribing witness
The lawyer of former Colombian Senator Luis Alberto Gil was caught on video apparently bribing a witness to testify in favor of his client, El Espectador reported Tuesday. The video, which was recorded at an airport in Virginia,...
