Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office on Wednesday criticized the judge responsible for revoking the international arrest warrant of former Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo. The prosecutor for the office’s anti-corruption unit told…
A congressman Wednesday filed criminal charges against former Colombia President Alvaro Uribe for his alleged role in the formation of a paramilitary group in the 1990s. The charges were based…
Colombia’s Supreme Court has sentenced Colombian senator and former president of the congress Javier Caceres Leal to nine years in prison for ties with paramilitary groups in the north of the…
A Colombian congressman and human rights defender have released a new edition of their book supposedly exposing the links between former president Alvaro Uribe and paramilitary groups, reported Colombian newspaper El…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General requested the country’s Supreme Court Monday to acquit a former congressman who is accused of ties to paramilitary groups. The Prosecutor General’s delegate to the court, Jorge…
More than 100 politicians accused of links to the AUC paramilitary organization accepted a plea deal that would see their sentences shortened, reported local media. The investigation involved former mayors and city…
Colombian congress officials expressed concern that legislative procedures will be slowed should the parapolitics trial of former Prosector General Luis Camilo Osorio go ahead. The Speaker of the House of…
Former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso said he was paid $2.8 million to help elect Mario Iguaran to the Prosecutor General position in 2005, reported local media Wednesday. The former second-in-command…
Israeli mercenary Yair Klein claimed his arrival in Colombia in the 1980’s to train paramilitary groups was undertaken with the approval of Colombian and Israeli authorities. The former Israeli lieutenant…