Tag: Martin Llanos
Paramilitary cooperation with truth commission threatens Colombia’s political superpowers
Two former paramilitary commanders with alleged ties to Colombia’s ex-President Alvaro Uribe...
Paramilitary leader willing to testify against Colombia officials
A paramilitary leader is willing to testify against at least 50 Colombian military and civilian...
‘Former minister victim of conspiracy to link him to paramilitaries’
Colombia’s Inspector General and Supreme Court agree that the country’s former housing...
Authorities find 22 corpses in central Colombia mass grave
Authorities said Sunday they have found a mass grave in central Colombia containing 22 remains of presumed members of neo-paramilitary organization “Los Urabeños.” The mass grave was found in Tauramena, a...
Ex-paramilitary leader sentenced to 24 more years for massacre
Salvatore Mancuso, a former paramilitary leader who has already been charged for multiple crimes, was sentenced on Wednesday to 24 more years in prison for his involvement in a central Colombian massacre. Mancuso has been...
‘Martin Llanos’ accepts responsibilty for Mapiripan massacre
Former commander of the paramilitary organization AUC “Martin Llanos” has accepted responsibility for the 1997 Mapiripan massacre in central Colombia,, reported local media Monday. Llanos, whose real name is Hector...
Ex-paramilitary leader refuses to testify against housing minister
A captured paramilitary leader has refused to testify in the preliminary investigation against Colombia’s housing minister who has been accused of ties to the warlord, reported local media Wednesday. The former commander of the...
Supreme Court investigates Colombia’s housing minister, per his request
Colombia’s Supreme Court will investigate the country’s housing minister for his alleged ties to paramilitary groups, local media reported Wednesday. The court’s investigation comes at the request of minister...
Uribe’s brother investigated for ‘conspiracy against minister’
Colombia’s chief prosecutor on Sunday announced an investigation of the brother of Colombia’s ex-President Alvaro Uribe for allegedly conspiring to discredit the country’s housing minister. In an interview with...
Uribe’s brother denies plot against housing minister
Santiago Uribe, brother of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, denied plotting against the country’s housing minister Friday amid investigations of the politician for alleged ties to paramilitary death squads. Uribe’s...
Colombian minister investigated for ties to warlord
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office on Wednesday began a preliminary investigation into alleged ties between Housing Minister German Vargas Lleras and jailed paramilitary warlord “Martin Llanos.”...
Venezuela extradites Colombian paramilitary leaders
Venezuela on Thursday extradited Colombian paramilitary warlord “Martin Llanos” and his brother “Caballo” following their arrest earlier this week. The two former members of paramilitary organization AUC...
