Authorities ‘dismantle’ ‘Don Mario’s’ gang
The arrest of seven suspected members of a drug gang in the north of Colombia has left the organization originally set up by paramilitary drug lord “Don Mario” basically dismantled,…
The arrest of seven suspected members of a drug gang in the north of Colombia has left the organization originally set up by paramilitary drug lord “Don Mario” basically dismantled,…
Colombia’s police released a video of the operation that killed paramilitary drug lord “Cuchillo” in the early hours of Christmas Day. The video, filmed from a Colombian Air Force aircraft,…
Colombia’s National Police on Tuesday claimed the arrest of 140 suspected members of neo-paramilitary and drug gangs. The majority of the arrests were made in the department of Antioquia. According…
Colombia’s National Reparation and Reconciliation Commission announces that 15.5% of 55,000 former members of illegal armed groups have rearmed. This means that more than 8,500 former paramilitaries and guerrillas have…
Colombia’s Congress on Wednesday approved “in record time” a bill that seeks to end the judicial limbo of thousands of demobilized paramilitary fighters. The government, confronted with the Constitutional Court’s…
Extradited paramilitary warlord Diego Fernando Murillo, alias “Don Berna,” once again refused to cooperate with Colombia’s Justice and Peace process, reports El Tiempo. Speaking from Miami the 49-year-old former paramilitary leader…
Colombian investigative website Verdad Abierta says that 2010 is the most violent year since the demobilization of the paramilitaries in 2006, due to the rise of emerging criminal groups. Summarizing…
Several executives of the multinational oil company Ocensa are under investigation in connection with the kidnapping of a unionist and their alleged ties to paramilitaries, Noticias Uno reported Thursday. Unionist…
The Colombian army captured the second-in-command to paramilitary drug lord “El Cuchillo,” who is one of the country’s most wanted fugitives, reports Caracol Radio. The 8th Brigade of the army’s…