Chairman of president Santos’ Partido de la U, former Senator Carlos Garcia Orjuela, was released from jail Wednesday after the Supreme Court absolved the politician of “parapolitics” charges. Garcia, who…
Former congressman Jesus Doval was arrested Tuesday for his alleged ties to paramilitary groups. Doval was arrested in his home in Apartado, Antioquia. The former Congress representative of the coalition…
Authorities in the north-western Colombian department of Antioquia on Monday arrested ten suspected members of neo-paramilitary drug gang “Los Urabeños.” Among the arrestants is alias “El Flaco,” alleged ringleader of…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Monday presented his Victims Law to the Colombian Congress, a plan which lays out a process of reparation and assistance available to the more than…
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday approved the incarceration of former Senate President Javier Caceres, who is suspected of having used paramilitary support to win office. The senator was arrested last…
More than 26,000 homicides have been identified through Colombia’s Justice and Peace process, which offers paramilitaries reduced sentences in exchange for revealing the truth about their crimes. “The results of…
Joaquin Perez, dubbed “the devils’ lawyer” for defending some of Colombia’s biggest paramilitaries, said in an interview with Uno that multinational companies had an interest in maintaining ties with Colombian…
Colombia’s prison authority on Monday ordered senator Javier Caceres to be moved to jail, following certification of his health by doctors. He had been rushed to the hospital for diabetes-related…
A lawsuit brought by a group of 185 Colombians against food multinational Dole for allegedly funding paramilitary groups was dismissed by a Californian court, the company announced Friday. The suit…