Five former congressmen, all convicted for using death squads to intimidate voters, are suing the Colombian state, demanding compensation for their loss of reputation and income, newspaper El Tiempo reported…
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…
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…
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…
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 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,…