Tag: Mayors

Colombia’s Supreme Court uphold judgment linking forming mayor to paramilitaries

The Supreme Court have upheld a judgement regarding a former mayor who diverted public funds to a paramilitary group, reported Elespectador on Thursday. Matias Oliveros del Villar, formerly Mayor of El Banco, a municipality in...

Mayors call for protection from FARC threats

The Colombian Federation of Municipalities calls for the protection of some 150,000 mayoral candidates in October’s upcoming regional elections, amid a return of apparent threats from the FARC, Caracol Radio reported...

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