Prosecution investigators on Tuesday arrested another former Congressman accused of having had ties to paramilitary group AUC. Former Representative Rafael Castillo was arrested after AUC commander “Ernesto Baez” accused the…
A former paramilitary commander has accused Bogota’s Government Secretary of helping Pablo Escobar influence the creation of Colombia’s 1991 constitution, reported Caracol Radio Tuesday. Government Secretary Antonio Navarro was one…
Former Colombian Prosecutor General Luis Camilo Osorio should be excluded from an inquiry into paramilitary infiltration of the Prosecutor General’s office during Osorio’s tenure, his lawyer said Tuesday. Lawyer Jaime…
Colombia’s former Prosecutor General Luis Camilo Osorio Isaza reportedly has to respond for his alleged ties to paramilitary groups. Almost ten years after I denounced him and subsequently was forced…
Four former city officials from Colombia’s northern Bolivar department were arrested Monday for allegedly diverting public health funds to paramillitaries. The arrested were identified as ex-mayor Luis Barros Duran, ex-tresurer…
A judge in the north of Colombia on Thursday ordered the release of two lawmakers who had been sentenced in January to seven and a half years in jail over…
The Colombian government’s former “Plan Colombia” director calls allegations she had ties to extradited paramilitary warlord “Jorge 40” absurd after she appeared at the investigation hearing on her alleged ties…
A former mayor in the east of Colombia, who has been charged with the murder of 30 people, remains at large, reported Associated Press Monday. Flaminio Cocinero Costo has been charged…
Colombia’s former executive director of the U.S.-funded counter-narcotics initiative “Plan Colombia” was called for questioning Monday to respond to allegations she had ties with the AUC, responsible for most drug…