Former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe’s ex-chief of security allegedly ordered the forced disappearance of two human rights workers while working in Medellin, reported radio station Caracol Wednesday. Retired general and…
Colombia does not have sufficient evidence proving ties between paramilitary groups and former president Alvaro Uribe’s security chief to request extradition, said the country’s chief prosecutor Monday. Prosecutor general Eduardo…
A former AUC commander confirmed accusations that paramilitary groups helped finance ex-president Alvaro Uribe’s campaign in 2002. According to website Verdadabierta, various ex-paramilitary leaders including Salvatore Mancuso and Jorge Ivan…
Colombia’s National Police has ordered a scrutiny of all former commanders of the police departments of the Antioquia department and its capital Medellin, Noticias Uno reported Sunday. The investigation follows…
United States prosecutors are investigating the alleged ties of a former commander of the Colombian army with paramilitary death squads, newspaper El Espectador reports, newspaper El Espectador reported Sunday. According…
Colombia’s northern Barranquilla businessman Rafael McCausland denied knowledge of the alleged plot against Housing Minister German Vargas Lleras, the prosecutor general heard on Friday. According to the housing minister, McCausland would…
Former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe said Friday he hoped the prosecution moved quickly to sentence extradited paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso, who claimed the AUC supported Uribe’s 2002 presidential election campaign.…
Colombia will seek the extradition of a retired police general who is currently in a U.S. prison after admitting to supporting terrorist organizations, President Juan Manuel Santos said Friday. Santos…
The extradited leader of the now-defunct AUC, insisted Thursday that the paramilitary organization supported the 2002 election campaign of former President Alvaro Uribe in coordination with the politician’s campaign team.…