Former Colombia congressman arrested for paramilitary ties
Colombia prosecution officials on Thursday arrested the former president of the House of Representatives over the politician’s alleged collaboration with paramilitary forces.
Colombia prosecution officials on Thursday arrested the former president of the House of Representatives over the politician’s alleged collaboration with paramilitary forces.
Former senator and governor of the Antioquia department and current presidential hopeful, Luis Alfredo Ramos, has denied receiving criminal money and being affiliated with a known drug dealer, local media…
A former Colombian senator and ally of a presidential primary candidate who was arrested for his alleged ties to paramilitary groups faces similar charges as both met with paramilitaries in the…
Colombian presidential candidate Luis Alfredo Ramos surrendered to authorities on Thursday, a day after the Supreme Court ordered his arrest. The politician close to former President Alvaro Uribe is charged…
Less than a year before Colombia’s 2014 elections, the country’s Supreme Court ordered the arrest of a presidential primary candidate for former President Alvaro Uribe’s party. The presidential hopeful is…
Colombia’s Comptroller General Sandra Morelli suspended the tax investigation of numerous senior officials due to a lack of clarity over the office’s jurisdiction, reported local media. The Supreme Judicial Council ordered…
The governor of Antioquia has proposed the federalization of the Colombian government due to the central government’s inability to distribute resources for the rainy season, Colombian media reported. Governor Luis…
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office has opened investigations into Antioquia Governor Luis Alfredo Ramos for alleged contract irregularities. The supposed irregularities pertain to some 40 contracts in which a possible breach…
In light of an investigatin, the governor of Antioquia, Colombia, denies having paramilitary ties. “I have never in my life needed paramilitaries, guerrillas or narco-traffickers in my political career. My…