A leader of the drug trafficking organization the “Rastrojos” is captured in Jamundi in Colombia’s Pacific coastal department of Valle del Cauca, authorities announced Sunday. William Garcia Alban, alias “Indio…
The former governor of the Sucre department is arrested for his alleged role in a 2000 paramilitary massacre. Former Governor of the Sucre department, Miguel Angel Nule, was arrested while…
The former AUC commander Salvatore Mancuso told the Colombian Supreme Court Wednesday that influencing presidential elections was the paramilitaries’ main objective, reported newspaper El Espectador. Speaking via videolink from a…
A former governor and two ex-congressmen have been jailed for seven and a half years for participating in the Ralito Pact, a 2001 agreement between paramilitaries and politicians. Colombia’s Supreme…
Colombia’s Inspector General has requested a review of testimony offered by former AUC commander “Don Berna,” to determine whether investigations into former officials should be reopened, reported Colombian daily El…
Colombian newspaper El Espectador released video Sunday in which extradited drug lord “El Tuso” testifies that former President Alvaro Uribe was involved in a conspiracy with his spy agency and…
Former paramilitary “El Negro Vladimir” has told the Colombian Supreme Court that half the country’s politicians visited AUC founder Fidel Castaño’s house during the height of the slain leader’s power,…
The former president of the Colombian Congress was sentenced Wednesday to seven and a half years in prison for his ties to now defunct paramilitary organization the AUC. Following a trial…
Now-extradited paramilitary leader “Don Berna” told the truth about his ties to the administration of former President Alvaro Uribe, says convicted “parapolitician” Rocio Arias. The former senator was one of…