Former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe is facing a preliminary investigation over accusations that he was complicit in a 1997 massacre, the Supreme Court announced on Wednesday.
Former President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday denied accusations that he was complicit in a 1997 paramilitary massacre. Instead, claimed the current senator, he is victim of a conspiracy.
Pressure on former President Alvaro Uribe increased to unprecedented levels after the prosecution asked the Supreme Court to open a criminal investigation into the former head of state’s alleged complicity in a 1997…
A former senator convicted of ties to paramilitary death squads over the weekend asked that “parapoliticians” be included in a pending peace deal between the government and FARC rebels, but heard…
Colombia’s former president Alvaro Uribe could end up appearing before a post-conflict transitional justice tribunal and even in prison over allegations he helped found paramilitary groups while governor, according to…
At least 20,000 candidates in Colombia’s October 25 local elections have criminal investigations pending against them, according to the Prosecutor General’s Office, reported Caracol Radio Monday.
Imprisoned white collar criminals from Colombia’s former largest brokerage company have been afforded luxury treatment including barbecues and alcohol while in prison.
Ivan Velasquez, the chief of the UN commission that spurred the resignation and incarceration of Guatemala President Otto Perez, in Colombia secured the imprisonment of many dozens corrupt congressmen.
Local elections in more than a quarter of Colombia municipalities are at risk because of the presence of illegal armed groups that have already killed two mayoral candidates in the past few months, the country’s ombudsman…