Uribe ordered to testify in Drummond case
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday was subpoenaed to testify in a civil case against Alabama coal giant Drummond over the company’s alleged ties to paramilitary death squads. A…
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday was subpoenaed to testify in a civil case against Alabama coal giant Drummond over the company’s alleged ties to paramilitary death squads. A…
The security situation in Colombia has improved greatly over the last decade as the state has gained more control over the use of violence within its territory; both through combating…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office opened a preliminary investigation into the alleged ties between the brother of former President Alvaro Uribe and paramilitaries in the north of the Antioquia department, a…
A Colombian judge sentences extradited paramilitary boss “Jorge 40” to 47 years in jail for the November 2000 massacre of 40 civilians in the Magdalena department. The judge ruled that…
Demobilized members of now-defunct paramilitary organization AUC admitted to kidnapping a civilian, who was later killed by soldiers and reported as a guerrilla killed in combat. According to “Voces del…
Extradited paramilitary warlord Diego Fernando Murillo, alias “Don Berna,” on Tuesday refused to continue his cooperation with the Colombian government under the Justice and Peace law. According to newspaper El…
Former Conservative Party Senator Oscar Josue Reyes on Monday handed himself in to the Prosecutor General’s Office in Bogota after the Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest. Reyes has…
A recent study shows that 6.65 million hectares of land has been abandoned or seized due to armed conflict in Colombia, making the land problem more extensive than originally thought.…
Members of the army based in eastern Colombia protected and helped “Cuchillo,” one of Colombia’s most wanted paramilitary drug lords, a soldier told newscast Noticias Uno. According to soldier John…