Retired general to be tried for Palace of Justice murder
Retired General Jesus Armando Arias Cabrales is to be tried for murder over the death of an assistant magistrate in the 1985 Palace of Justice siege, W Radio reported Tuesday.…
Retired General Jesus Armando Arias Cabrales is to be tried for murder over the death of an assistant magistrate in the 1985 Palace of Justice siege, W Radio reported Tuesday.…
Days before the 25th anniversary of the Palace of Justice siege, President Juan Manuel Santos called for the truth about the day’s events to be revealed, “however painful it may…
The army has denied that retired colonel Alfonso Plazas Vega is working as a professor for the army while in detention for crimes committed during the bloody Palace of Justice…
Retired army colonel Luis Alfonso Plazas Vega, who on June 9 had been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the disappearance of eleven civilians in 1985, is still not…
The judge who sentenced retired Colombian army Colonel Alfonso Plazas Vega to 30 years in prison in early June has fled the country after receiving threats, reports El Tiempo. Judge…
The acting president of Colombia’s Supreme Court, Jaime Arrubla, called for international intervention on Thursday, following continued interference with the court by the government of President Alvaro Uribe, reports Caracol…
Finally, almost a quarter of a century after his crimes, a judge has sentenced former army Colonel Alfonso Plazas Vega to 30 years in prison. This is the first judicial…
President Alvaro Uribe convened an emergency meeting on Thursday with Colombia’s high military command to discuss the fallout of the 30 year prison sentence handed down to retired Colonel Alfonso Plazas…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Thursday criticized a Bogota court’s decision to sentence retired Colombian army colonel Alfonso Plazas Vega to 30 years in jail for his role in the forced disappearance…