Colombia’s Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez filed charges against former senator Ciro Ramirez Thursday for his paramilitary links while holding public office. Ramirez was sentenced to seven years in jail for…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General Viviane Morales denied Wednesday claims that she advised paramilitaries as part of the demobilization process in Ralito, northwest Colombia. “It’s a total lie. I have never been…
Several high-ranking officials of the Colombian government are being investigated for paramilitary ties, following an eight-year sentence handed down to former ACCU leader Edgar Ignacio Fierro Florez, alias “Don Antonio.”…
The extradited commander-in-chief of the AUC, Salvatore Mancuso, testifies that his paramilitary organization formed the anti-guerrilla group “CONVIVIR” with the help of Colombia’s ex-President Alvaro Uribe when he was governor…
A Colombian anti-terrorism prosecutor jailed 11 politicians from the department of Cordoba on Thursday for their alleged connections with the paramilitary Elmer Cardenas Bloc of the AUC. The defendants were…
The Medellin Mayor’s Office continued Tuesday to accuse mayoral candidate Luis Perez of using criminal gangs to coerce voters, despite an ongoing investigation against Mayor Alonso Salazar for trying to…
Nine politicians, including three former mayors, are arrested for alleged links to paramilitaries in northwest Colombia, Colombian media reported Wednesday. Three former mayors, one former deputy, one demobilized paramilitary fighter,…
Colombia’s Supreme Court has ordered the investigation Thursday of the defense attorney to some of the country’s biggest stars, Abelardo de la Espriella, for his alleged links to illegal armed…
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe spoke out Thursday against a proposed constitutional change that could mean demobilized paramilitaries and guerrillas would be able to stand for election or hold public…