The special prosecutor investigating the husband of Colombia’s Prosecutor General has asked to be pulled from the case, due to concerns over the accused’s guerrilla past, reports Radio Caracol. Special…
Families of victims rejected the Friday acquittal of former Colombian Army general Ivan Ramirez in the case of the disappearance of 11 civilians during the 1985 siege on the guerrilla-occupied…
Retired Colombian army general Ivan Ramirez Quintero and two fellow soldiers were acquitted Friday of the disappearance of 11 people in the 1985 Palace of Justice siege. Bogota’s 51st judge…
The Colombian government has announced legal measures that could force a key witness in the Palace of Justice 1985 siege case to testify. Interior Minister German Vargas Lleras announced Thursday he…
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office has asked to revoke the 30-year conviction of Colonel Alfonso Plazas Vega, after a key witness in the Palace of Justice case asserted that his testimony…
The UN has said the sentence handed down to a retired general for the disappearance of 11 people in the 1985 Palace of Justice siege represents a positive step in…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday called the sentencing to 35 years of an army general for the disappearance of 11 civilians in the 1985 siege of the country’s…
Colombia’s First Senate Commission decided Wednesday that the provisions of the Victims Law will include persons affected by the conflict as far back as January 1, 1985, Colombian media reported.…
Colombia’s inspector general wants the court to sentence a number of former M-19 guerrillas for the 1985 siege of the Palace of Justice in Bogota, which left more than 100…