Blanco Maya called for questioning
Jamie Blanco Maya, the brother of Colombia’s former Inspector General Edgardo Maya, was called for questioning by a human right prosecutor in relation to the murder of two unionists working…
Jamie Blanco Maya, the brother of Colombia’s former Inspector General Edgardo Maya, was called for questioning by a human right prosecutor in relation to the murder of two unionists working…
Israeli mercenary Yair Klein demanded €1.5 million ($1.98 million) from Colombia as compensation for the three years and four months he spent imprisoned in Russia, reports La F.M. Klein, who…
For the first time since Colombia began prosecuting politicians for ties to paramilitary groups, a former congressman is to plead guilty in exchange for a reduced sentence. Former Representative Ramon…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday the government will continue with the reintegration of 17,000 former paramilitary fighters, despite a recent court ruling that struck down their protection from…
Oswaldo Ochoa Garcia, a lawyer representing demobilized paramilitaries, was assassinated in downtown Bogota, W Radio reported Thursday. Ochoa was travelling in a taxi when two gunmen on a motorcycle shot…
Police arrested businessman Felipe Sierra, an alleged associate of Colombian drug trafficker “Don Mario,” in Medellin Thursday morning, reports W Radio. Earlier in November, the Supreme Court ordered Sierra and…
The 2010 Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor said Colombia must focus more on helping civilian victims of landmines. The report, released by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, provides an…
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Colombian government both expressed concern over a Colombian Constitutional Court ruling that could halt the suspension of criminal cases against former paramilitaries…
Israeli mercenary Yair Klein, convicted of training paramilitaries and drug gangs in Colombia, told RCN that the Colombian military paid him to train “security forces.” Klein, who was recently released…