Paramilitary commander ‘El Aleman’ to be charged with forced displacement
A former commander of defunct paramilitary group AUC, alias “El Aleman,” will be charged with the crime of forcibly displacing Colombians from their land and property.
A former commander of defunct paramilitary group AUC, alias “El Aleman,” will be charged with the crime of forcibly displacing Colombians from their land and property.
The half-sister-in-law of the founders of defunct paramilitary organization AUC was captured Tuesday for the murder of a land activist after a long police hunt that began in 2011.
In the last 6 years, Colombia’s Justice and Peace Unit have dug up the remains of more than 5,000 bodies, many of whom are thought to be victims of the…
The investigation into the links between Santiago Uribe – the brother of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe – and paramilitary death squads was reopened last week after the testimony of…
Former paramilitary leader Diego Fernando Murillo, alias ‘Don Berna’, on Sunday confirmed that the now defunct AUC paramilitary group donated $1 million to the 2002 election campaign of ex-President Alvaro Uribe, reported…
Judicial authorities said Sunday they are “90% certain” they have exhumed the remains of Fidel Castaño, one of the main founders of Colombia’s paramilitary groups.
Colombian prosecutors have opened an investigation into the brother of former President Avaro Uribe on accusations of being involved in both the creation of paramilitary groups and murder.
The man unofficially known as Colombia’s “oldest paramilitary” has accepted responsibility for a range of crimes including forced displacement, conscription of children and violence against women, during a trial that…
A controversial Colombian columnist with alleged ties to the disbanded paramilitary organization AUC, claims to now be working for former President Alvaro Uribe, local media reported Tuesday.