Ex Senator arrested for parapolitics
Former Colombian Senator Mario Salomon Nader was arrested in the Caribbean city of Barranquilla for his alleged ties with paramilitary groups. Salomon was arrest after his named appeared on a list…
Former Colombian Senator Mario Salomon Nader was arrested in the Caribbean city of Barranquilla for his alleged ties with paramilitary groups. Salomon was arrest after his named appeared on a list…
A paramilitary jailed for his role in the 2001 murders of two Drummond coal company unionists reveals more detail about the crime to RCN Radio. Jairo de Jesus Charris Castro, alias “El Viejo…
Former lawmakers Zulema Jattin and Eleonora Pineda testified before the Supreme Court that they were not aware of any illegal ties between former senator Mario Uribe and paramilitary groups.…
For human rights experts on Colombia, the revelation that seven out of fourteen paramilitary leaders extradited to the U.S. in 2008 were removed from the public record is not surprising, but…
Amnesty International urges Colombia to protect young people whose names appear on paramilitary death lists on the social media website Facebook. Three young men have been killed since the two…
Senator Javier Caceres was arrested in Bogota Tuesday over allegations that paramilitary group “Heroes de Montes de Maria” financed his election campaign, reports El Espectador. Caceres, who was Senate president…
A government report on the demobilization and reintegration of guerrillas and paramilitaries shows that of the 50,000 demobilized fighters, only 5,000 were able to find a job, and 10,000 returned…
Seven Colombian paramilitary leaders extradited to the U.S. have been removed from public records in the last few months, leaving their victims virtually without hope of compensation or access to…
According to a report published Friday by Colombian NGO the Institute for Development and Peace Studies (Indepaz), at least 6,000 narco-paramilitaries were active in Colombia in the first half of…