Colombian police captured a Mexican drug trafficker with strong ties to Colombian neo-paramilitary group ERPAC. Commander of the Judicial Police Carlos Ramiro Mena announced Thursday that police have captured Carlos…
The Minister of Defense and other national officials met near the Venezuelan border Thursday to discuss efforts to combat rebel groups. The Minister of Defense Rodrigo Rivera traveled to the…
Colombia’s government extended an alert to 13 of the country’s 32 department over the violence committed by drug gangs and groups formed from the ashes of the now-defunct paramilitary AUC.…
Colombia’s Supreme Court called a former congressman to trial for his alleged ties to paramilitaries, reports newspaper El Espectador. The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court Wednesday called the case…
A former governor of a southeastern department in Colombia was sentenced to 90 months in prison for ties with paramilitaries, reported Colombian press Tuesday. El Especatador reports that the Supreme…
A congressman demands demolition of a statue that pays homage to paramilitaries in Cordoba, a department recently hit by neo-paramilitary violence. Congressman Ivan Cepeda made a request via the right…
Colombia’s interior and justice minister wants Congress to increase penalties for members of criminal gangs referred to by the government as emerging criminal groups or BACRIM. A day after the…
Captured drug lord Daniel Rendon Herrera, alias “Don Mario,” on Monday was sentenced to 17 years in jail for the murder of a lawyer in 2003. According to a judge…
Colombia’s Senate will address illegal armed groups’ use of mining to generate income, reported W Radio Monday. Controlling illegal mining, along with improving mine safety standards, will be a priority on…