‘Open and brazen cooperation’ between govt and paramilitaries: Colombia Vice-President
Colombia’s Vice-President has admitted that the government did not stop paramilitary forces committing massacres during years of “open and brazen” cooperation.
Colombia’s Vice-President has admitted that the government did not stop paramilitary forces committing massacres during years of “open and brazen” cooperation.
Ex-commander of the defunct paramilitary group AUC, Ever Veloza Garcia alias “HH,” was charged with four counts in Colombia’s capital Friday after his extradition to the US in 2009.
Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday urged the government to halt the activities of paramilitaries in north western Colombia, claiming that there is an imminent threat of forced displacement in the…
Colombian authorities formally revoked judicial benefits granted to demobilized and extradited paramilitary commander “Gordolindo” on Tuesday.
Paramilitary commander “Don Berna” has told Colombia’s Supreme Court that his organization, the AUC, donated a million dollars to the successful 2002 election campaign of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe,…
Two former colonels of Colombia’s National Army were sentenced to 19 years in prison Monday for conspiring with paramilitary commanders to assassinate civilians to inflate his unit’s apparent effectiveness.
A court in Colombia has ruled against the Castaño family, the founding members of the AUC, and asserted that they are to return stolen lands to appropriate families, reported local media…
Three former councilmen and one businessman have been sentenced to seven years and six months in prison for ties to paramilitary groups, local media reported on Tuesday.
Former President Alvaro Uribe was the “head of Colombia’s paramilitary groups,” according to a former paramilitary commander and witness in the case against a presidential candidate loyal to the former…