Santiago Uribe, brother of former President Alvaro Uribe, confirmed that his incarcerated cousin Mario was involved in a conspiracy to smear a Supreme Court judge who was investigating Uribe, reported…
Authorities in the north-Colombian Cucuta arrested the city’s former mayor after being sentenced to 27 years in prison for ordering the murder of his political opponent in 2003. A Bogota…
Former President Alvaro Uribe will testify in the investigation into a smear campaign and bribery scandal involving top paramilitary chiefs and Uribe’s relatives, various Colombian media reported. Uribe is currently…
The former mayor of Cucuta has accused the Colombian senate president of having ties with paramilitary groups, newspaper El Tiempo reported Friday. Ex-mayor Ramiro Suarez told the newspaper that in…
Colombia’s Justice and Peace commission requested an investigation into ties between ex-President Alvaro Uribe and violent paramilitaries. The commission wants to investigate ties between Uribe’s sons and former paramilitary leader…
In response to claims put forth by a Colombian congressman, ex-President Alvaro Uribe’s son Jeronimo said Thursday that “the testimony put forth by a [former military leader], who doesn’t know…
Colombian congressman Ivan Cepeda said Wednesday he has recently submitted evidence that suggests former president Alvaro Uribe’s two sons had ties with former paramilitaries. Cepeda wrote on his blog that…
The president of Colombia’s Senate drafted a legislative act which intends to provide all members of Congress with political immunity and the right to appeal, reported newspaper El Espectador on…
A Colombian congressman was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison for ties to paramilitary groups, newspaper El Espectador reported. Former congressman Jairo Merlano was found guilty by Colombia’s Supreme…