Colombia’s acting chief prosecutor Martha Mancera signed off on a bulk of possibly illegal resolutions that severely reduce the powers of her successor. The resolutions were made public while the…
Colombia’s Supreme Court again failed to pick a new chief prosecutor despite international pressure to do exactly that. Consequently, acting Prosecutor General Martha Mancera will remain in office. Mancera, who…
Prosecutors arrested the former coordinator of its Technical Investigations Unit (CTI) in the port city Buenaventura, according to local media. Buenaventura’s former CTI coordinator Francisco Javier Martinez, a.k.a. “Pacho Malo,”…
Colombia’s deputy Prosecutor General Martha Mancera is protecting a prosecution executive who has been accused of drug trafficking, according to evidence that was made public by news media. The documents…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Monday that the prosecution is being used to traffic drugs and protects alleged criminals in the Pacific port city of Buenaventura. The president referred to…
Colombia’s deputy chief prosecutor Martha Mancera said President Gustavo Petro was behind allegations she has been protecting corrupt officials with ties to drug traffickers. Mancera responded to allegations made by…
Two prosecutors accused Colombia’s deputy chief prosecutor of protecting corrupt officials allegedly involved in drug trafficking. The accusation comes less than a year after jailed drug trafficker Carlos Ramon Zapata,…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has increasingly come over fire over top prosecutors’ alleged involvement in covering up organized crime. The mushrooming corruption scandal involves deputy Prosecutor General Martha Marcena and…