Senator Javier Caceres was arrested in Bogota Tuesday over allegations that paramilitary group “Heroes de Montes de Maria” financed his election campaign, reports El Espectador. Caceres, who was Senate president…
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has issued a statement of support for his cousin, former congressman Mario Uribe, who is accused of “parapolitics” – illicit dealings with paramilitary groups. The…
Extradited paramilitary leader “Jorge 40” suspended all collaboration with Colombian justice until after his U.S. trial for drug charges. The attorney of the former AUC leader informed Colombia’s Supreme Court…
The PIN party, controversial in Colombia for its close ties to “dirty” politicians and drug lords, asked to be officially included in the Congress majority coalition of President Juan Manuel Santos.…
Extradited paramilitary Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, alias “Jorge 40,” refuses to testify in the parapolitics trials against former Magdalena Governor Jose Domingo Davila, and former director of government security agency DAS, Jorge…
The Colombian Supreme Court Wednesday sentenced former congressman Humberto de Jesus Builes Ortega to seven and a half years in jail for his ties to demobilized paramilitary leader Freddy Rendon…
Colombia’s inspector general on Monday cleared former Senator Alvaro Araujo Castro of links with paramilitary groups. In a press release, the Inspector General’s Office, which is responsible for investigating and punishing any violation…
The Prosecutor General’s Office has cleared Medellin’s mayor Alonso Salazar of receiving support from the paramilitary group AUC and has tabled the criminal proceedings. According to a document dated July…
Former paramilitary leader Miguel Angel Mejia Munera, alias “El Mezillo,” (the Twin) alleged that Colombian politicians, oil companies and the Colombian army had links with the paramilitaries in the eastern…