Ex-paramilitaries call for demobilization reform
In a letter addressed to Organization of American States head Jose Miguel Insulza, a committee of jailed paramilitaries call for “urgent” reform to Colombia’s Justice and Peace law, claiming that…
In a letter addressed to Organization of American States head Jose Miguel Insulza, a committee of jailed paramilitaries call for “urgent” reform to Colombia’s Justice and Peace law, claiming that…
Colombia’s vice-President and the U.N. human rights office in the country demand the investigation of recent paramilitary death threats in the south, center and west of the Andean nation. “The…
The United States has implemented measures to allow Colombian prosecutors easier access to extradited leaders of paramilitary organization AUC, says Colombia’s prosecutor general. In an interview with newspaper El Espectador,…
The Colombian Supreme Court Wednesday sentenced former congressman Humberto de Jesus Builes Ortega to seven and a half years in jail for his ties to demobilized paramilitary leader Freddy Rendon…
Around 50 families have fled into the jungles of the west Colombian Choco department to escape fighting between rival narco-trafficking paramilitary groups, according to regional Ombudsman Victor Raul Mosquera. The humanitarian crisis is…
Colombian paramilitaries extradited to the U.S. are being concentrated into two jails, from which they will testify in Colombia’s Justice and Peace process, following a new agreement between the two…
Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba announced Wednesday that she has arrived in Havana, Cuba, for talks with the former leader Fidel Castro. “I have already arrived in Cuba, I am studying…
Colombian Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera said Monday that the new government of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will not recognize peace talks or plans with the guerrilla that have not…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General charged demobilized paramilitary leader Freddy Rendon, alias “El Aleman” with the 1999 kidnapping of Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba. The prosecution alleges that El Aleman, who led the…