The Supreme Court Thursday sentenced ex-Senator Ciro Ramirez Pinzon to seven years and six months in prison for ties to paramilitary groups. The conservative senator from the Boyaca department was…
Colombia’s Supreme Court has sentenced former Congressman Rafael Caballero to five years and seven months in prison for ties to the demobilized paramilitary group, the AUC, W Radio reports. Caballero…
Mario Uribe, imprisoned former Senator and cousin of former President Alvaro Uribe, exerted his influence on key decisions made by his cousin’s former government, recordings leaked Monday showed. One of the…
Colombia’s former Interior and Justice Minister Sabas Pretelt de la Vega has admitted that he met with paramilitary leaders but insisted this was appropriate while serving in his role as…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General Office confirmed Wednesday it will call former Interior and Justice Minister Sabas Pretelt de la Vega to testify about his alleged ties to now-demobilized paramilitary group AUC.…
Colombia’s Supreme Court Tuesday denied allegations its judges were bribed by demobilized paramilitary organization AUC to elect Mario Iguaran as prosecutor general in 2005. Supreme Court President Camilo Tarquino called the…
Former presidential candidate Gustavo Petro calls for convicted paramilitary ally Enilse Lopez, alias “La Gata” (The Cat) to be investigated over an alleged conspiracy to elect former Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran, W Radio…
Colombia’s ambassador to Egypt Mario Iguaran on Monday rejected allegations that demobilized paramilitary organization AUC bribed Supreme Court magistrates to elect him Prosecutor General in 2005. “For me it is…
A WikiLeaks cable released Sunday reveals how rumors began to circulate in 2008 about paramilitary involvement in the 2005 election of Colombia’s prosecutor general. In March 2010, former AUC leader…