Medellin police arrested the suspected military commander of neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños,” once led by feared paramilitary drug lord “Don Mario.” Carlos Evertos Higuita Usuga, alias “Chejo,” was arrested in…
Interior and Justice Minister German Vargas Lleras said Thursday that the Colombian government lacks the ability to protect the families of all extradited paramilitaries. There are numerous former members of the…
The Prosecutor General’s Office announced it would investigate revelations that the auditor of Colombian soccer federation Fedefutbol, who was murdered in July, was also accountant to extradited paramilitary boss Sebastian…
Colombia appoints Supreme Court Judge Ivan Velasquez to oversee the testimony of paramilitaries in U.S. jails. After meeting with U.S. officials, Colombian Minister of the Interior and Justice German Vargas…
Former Colombian army Major Alirio Antonio Ureña has been sentenced to 44 years in jail for his part in the Trujillo massacres, a series of brutal killings which took place…
Colombia’s former consul in Spain on Friday gave further evidence for allegations that Mario Uribe, former senator and cousin of former president Alvaro Uribe, had ties to extradited drug trafficker…
Hugo Albeiro Quintero, alias “El Patron,” a gang leader in Colombia’s second city Medellin, is sentenced to seven years and five months in jail for planning to create new paramilitary groups. The…
Extradited paramilitary leader Juan Carlos Sierra, “El Tuso,” accused former senator Mario Uribe of having received gifts, newspaper El Tiempo reported on Monday. At his first hearing of the Justice…
Documents recently declassified by the U.S. provide further evidence against former Colombian army General Rito Alejo del Rio, who is standing trial on charges of murder and collaborating with paramilitary…