Former President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday asked prosecutor general to investigate accusations that he had ties to one of the founding members of paramilitary group the United Self Defense Forces…
A high-profile former Colombian senator, detained for collaborating with paramilitary groups and drug trafficking organizations, was denied bail by the Prosecutor General’s Office Tuesday. In a sworn statement before a magistrate, demobilized…
One of the paramilitary AUC’s most prominent ex-commanders accused Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe of collaborating with armed militias. Ever Veloza, alias “H.H.,” told U.S. prosecutors that Uribe developed ties…
A growing number of Colombian politicians convicted for paramilitary ties have been released from jail without paying compensation to their victims, reported El Tiempo Sunday. The “Victims Law”, which offers…
Colombia’s chief prosecutor on Sunday announced an investigation of the brother of Colombia’s ex-President Alvaro Uribe for allegedly conspiring to discredit the country’s housing minister. In an interview with newspaper…
Santiago Uribe, brother of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, denied plotting against the country’s housing minister Friday amid investigations of the politician for alleged ties to paramilitary death squads. Uribe’s…
Colombia’s Housing Minister German Vargas Lleras accuses the ex-president’s brother of being part of a conspiracy plot to fabricate evidence against him after being accused of having links to a…
Former Colombian congressman Luis Fernando Almario was arrested on Thursday for presumed ties to far-right paramilitaries. The decision to capture Almario was made by the Supreme Court of Justice, which was…
Former Senator and Ambassador Jorge Visbal was released by Colombia’s prosecutor general Wednesday after being arrested for alleged paramilitary ties. The diplomat was released from detention because he does not…