Don Mario ‘grateful’ for extradition block
Former Former paramilitary leader Daniel “Don Mario” Rendon Herrera says he is grateful for Colombia’s decision not to extradite him to the U.S., and that he will continue to cooperate…
Former Former paramilitary leader Daniel “Don Mario” Rendon Herrera says he is grateful for Colombia’s decision not to extradite him to the U.S., and that he will continue to cooperate…
The increase in murders and kidnappings in Venezuela is to blame on Colombia and paramilitary fighters coming from that country, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday. “A large part…
Colombia’s Defense Minister on Thursday claimed fourteen ringleaders of neo-paramilitary drug gang Los Rastrojos were arrested, leaving 800 men involved in the organization without leader. The arrest were made in…
Colombia’s Permanent Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CPDH) on Thursday announced the assassination of human rights defender and community leader Jhonny Hurtado in the central department of Meta,…
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday made the decision to reject the United States’ extradition request for former drug lord “Don Mario,” in favor of his participation in the country’s Justice…
Authorities in the western Colombian department of Choco announced that an illegally armed group, thought to be paramilitary, is currently holding an indigenous community of some 300 people captive and…
An Antioquian court sentenced former army Captain Guillermo Armando Gordillo Sanchez to 20 years in jail for his part in the 2005 San Jose de Apartado massacre, in which five adults…
Colombia’s Supreme Court of Justice said Tuesday it has passed the case against former army General Rito Alejo del Rio, suspected of collaborating with paramilitary death squads, to a specialist…
The investigation unit of the Prosecutor General’s Office arrested thirty public figures Friday in the Choco, Antioquia and Santander departments accused of paramilitary ties. In one operation, the prosecutor general’s…