The Colombian government reported that cases of land being stolen from peasants through falsification of titles or armed pressure have occurred throughout the country. The most visible cases of illegal…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has arrested the registrar for the San Martin municipality, located in the central department of Meta, for allegedly assisting a fallen neo-paramilitary boss in robbing government…
An elderly man took 14 people hostage in the public notary office in the town of Giron, in the Santander department, newspaper El Espectador reported Monday. The 70-year-old man entered…
Colombia plans to reform the body that oversees the country’s notary and registry offices, due to findings that these organizations helped steal land from rural farmers. Minister of the Interior…
The anti-corruption unit of the Colombian Prosecutor General’s office will open a formal investigation into allegations that Tomas Uribe, son of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe bribed congressmen to ensure his…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe lashed out at the Supreme Court after Magistrate Yesid Ramirez asked the nation’s prosecutor general to open an investigation into allegations that the president’s son, Tomas…
Colombia’s Supreme Court sentenced former Conservative Party Senator Alirio Villamizar to nine years and nine months in jail for extortion, after he pressured a notary official to give him money in…
The president of Colombia’s Supreme Court of Justice announced that it is possible that more arrest warrants will be issued as part of Colombia’s notary scandal. According to judge Augusto…