Two ex-congressmen on Tuesday were disqualified for running for public office for 20 years due to their ties to right wing paramilitary death squads. Former Liberal Party representatives Dixon Tapasco…
After two other witnesses recently revoked their testimoney against an ex-governor’s involvement with paramilitary, a third ex-paramilitary also has also denied being witness to the former governor’s “parapolitics.” Alexander Gutierrez,…
A former underboss of the now-defunct Cali Cartel denied Tuesday he had ties with a former congresswoman who has been charged with laundering cartel money. Former drug trafficker Phanor Arizabaleta…
Colombia’s former vice President Francisco Santos met with top commanders of far-right paramilitary organization AUC on several occasions, three of the now-demobilized AUC’s former commanders said in a recorded private…
Former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe released a statement Tuesday denying that he ever met with the ex supreme leader of paramilitary organization AUC Salvatore Mancuso. In a three-point statement released…
A second witness to a Colombian ex-governor’s alleged ties to paramilitary groups on Monday revoked his testimony condemning the politician. Jesus Guerrero, an ex-member of the AUC paramilitary group,…
The extradited former supreme leader of paramilitary organization AUC has said that he met with former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe when the latter was Governor of Antioquia, reported Canal Capital…
Colombia’s Supreme Court will investigate two more senators for their alleged ties to paramilitary organization AUC. The high court will investigate ties between Eduardo Merlano and paramilitary groups from the…
Demobilized paramilitary organization AUC spent more than $134 thousand in the northern department of Cordoba to support the successful 2002 presidential campaign of Alvaro Uribe, said a former ally of…