President Gustavo Petro authorized a “socio-judicial conversation” with the EGC, Colombia’s largest paramilitary organization. According to a presidential decree, this conversation seeks to convince the EGC’s top commanders of the…
The leaders of Colombia’s largest paramilitary organization asked President Gustavo Petro to suspend the warrants for their arrest in order to negotiate peace. In an open letter to the president,…
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP assumed all pending criminal investigations against demobilized paramilitary commander Salvatore Mancuso. The JEP ruling sidelines the transitional Justice and Peace system, which was set up…
The US government repatriated Salvatore Mancuso, the former commander of paramilitary organization AUC, to Colombia on Tuesday. Mancuso spent the past 16 years in Americans prison over the drug trafficking…
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP allowed the submission of former paramilitary commander Salvatore Mancuso to the transitional justice system. Mancuso will be tried by the transitional justice system for his…
Paramilitary organization AGC asked Colombia’s government to facilitate the repatriation of former leaders who were controversially extradited to the United States. The request received the support of Salvatore Mancuso, the…
Almost seven years after signing peace with guerrilla group FARC, Colombia’s government finally has a policy to dismantle the country’s illegal armed groups. The policy seeks to dismantle the guerrilla…
Colombia’s largest paramilitary organization AGC said Monday it had hired lawyers to negotiate their demobilization with the government of President Gustavo Petro. According to a press release, the lawyers will…
One of the AGC’s top commanders was found murdered on Wednesday, spurring rumors about Colombia’s largest paramilitary organization and their alleged commitment to demobilize. According to the National Police, the…