UN warns of neo-paramilitary threat
The U.N. says that links between politicians and paramilitaries are still a cause for concern in Colombia, while “emerging bands” linked to the paramilitaries are responsible for a 40% rise…
The U.N. says that links between politicians and paramilitaries are still a cause for concern in Colombia, while “emerging bands” linked to the paramilitaries are responsible for a 40% rise…
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday convicted former Magdalena governor, Jose Domingo Davila Armenta, for dealings with paramilitaries. The former governor of the northern Colombian department of Magdalena was sentenced to…
Extradited narco-trafficker Olmes Duran has claimed that he was offered “judical benefits” by Supreme Court representatives in exchange for testifying against former Senator Juan Carlos Martinez Sinisterra over his alleged…
WikiLeaks cables reveal that the U.S. pressured the government of then-President Alvaro Uribe to clean up the scandal-hit intelligence agency DAS in 2009, El Pais reported Tuesday. The cables show…
The U.S. Embassy suspected a former Supreme Court president of obstructing investigations into the paramilitary ties of politicians from the magistrate’s home region, according to a WikiLeaks cable. In a…
The President of the Supreme Court, Judge Humberto Camilo Tarquin, has announced that, despite previous reports, Mario Uribe will not be investigated for crimes against humanity. According to media on…
Mario Uribe, the cousin of former President Alvaro Uribe, was sentenced to seven years and six months in prison on Monday for his dealings with paramilitaries.
The director of Colombian newspaper El Espectador, Fidel Cano, spoke with La F.M. on Monday about receiving 16,000 cables from WikiLeaks. Cano confirmed El Espectador’s report on Sunday that he…
The now-defunct paramilitary Cacique Pipinta Bloc financially supported the 2002 presidential campaign of former President Alvaro Uribe, the former commander of the bloc told Noticias Uno. According to Pablo Hernan…