Colombian authorities on Saturday arrested a former senator for the second time for his alleged ties to paramilitary groups. Relatives of former senator Jairo Merlano Fernandez told newspaper El Tiempo…
Colombia’s ambassador to the Dominican Republic, former army commander Mario Montoya, has resigned, several local media reported Friday. According to RCN Radio, the controversial former military handed in his resignation…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has called the country’s ambassador to Peru to trial for the diplomat’s alleged links to paramilitaries, local media reported Thursday. Jorge Visbal Martelo, the former president…
Former Senator Luis Alberto Gil was barred from holding public office for ties to now-defunct paramilitary group the AUC. After a four-year investigation, the prosecutor general concluded that ties between…
A witness in a north-Colombia trial against a politician with alleged paramilitary links has complained that he received threats from neo-paramilitaries and was urged to change his testimony by the…
The former governor of the north-Colombian Santander department was arrested Saturday over allegations he made pacts with paramilitary organization AUC. Hugo Aguilar Naranjo was arrested in a hotel in the…
The former director of the Colombian intelligence agency (DAS) claimed in front of the Supreme Court on Thursday that the former prosecutor general and minister of the interior and justice…
President Juan Manuel Santos’ Unity party asked for help Wednesday in keeping candidates with a criminal past out of its political races as Colombia prepares for nation-wide local elections later…
Bogota’s High Tribunal has confirmed a 36 month prison sentence for the lawyer of an ex-senator charged with “parapolitics,” for attempted bribery of a key witness, Colombian media reported Wednesday.…