International Court visits Colombia to review State crimes
The International Criminal Court (ICC) visited Colombia on Monday to review the framework for the peace process with rebel group FARC and the prosecution of the false positives murders.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) visited Colombia on Monday to review the framework for the peace process with rebel group FARC and the prosecution of the false positives murders.
Colombian prosecutors have an increasing amount of evidence indicating that a second of former President Alvaro Uribe’s security chiefs was involved in drug trafficking, newspaper El Tiempo reported Tuesday. MORE:…
Congressman Ivan Cepeda, a prominent human rights activist, on Thursday claimed his life is at risk after accusing ex-president Alvaro Uribe of paramilitary links. Cepeda said he receives threats on a daily basis…
The trial of ex-President Alvaro Uribe’s former secretary for his involvement in the illegal wiretapping of Supreme Court justices, journalists, human rights workers and opposition politicians resumed Monday. BACKGROUND: Colombia’s Dirty…
A former chief of security of former President Alvaro Uribe publicly denies having ties to a senior Colombian drug trafficker. Police General Flavio Buitrago, who was called to explain an…
Colombia’s police said Saturday they have called a former security chief for former President Alvaro Uribe for questioning over his suspected ties to drug traffickers. The police general is the…
A Colombian ex-congressman from northern Antioquia was sentenced on Wednesday to eight years in prison for “parapolitics.” The Supreme Court sentenced Estanislao Ortiz, ex-representative for the Uraba region of northern…
A Colombian senator surrendered to justice and was subsequently jailed Saturday over charges she sought political benefits through alliances with paramilitary death squads. U Party Senator Piedad Zuccardi reportedly arrived…
A former governor has been accused of masterminding a paramilitary massacre of 12 civilians in northern Colombia. The former governor of the northern Colombian department of Sucre, Miguel Nule Amin,…