Presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos asked paramilitary head Carlos Castaño to carry out a coup to overthrow then-President Ernesto Samper, claims extradited AUC commander Salvatore Mancuso, reports El Espectador. Speaking from…
The Colombian Inspector General’s office called for former Senator Jorge Castro Pacheco to be convicted for his alleged ties to former paramilitary leader Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, alias “Jorge 40,” according to…
The drug-trafficking gang “Los Rastrojos” is working to infiltrate national politics, according to an article published Tuesday by Colombian electoral analysis website Votebien. According to Votebien, Los Rastrojos, who many…
Mario Uribe, the ex-president of the Colombian Congress who was arrested last month for parapolitics, was rushed out of prison and to the hospital Monday morning, after exhibiting symptoms of…
Colombia’s Partido de la U and the Conservative Party Tuesday denied accusations by Colombian NGO Arco Iris that several of their recently elected Congressmen are affiliated with parapolitics, El Tiempo…
Former paramilitary leader, Carlos Mario Jiminez, alias Macaco, paid five billion pesos to ensure the election of Mario Iguaran to the Prosecutor General’s Office, according to an extradited paramiltary. Eidelber…
Colombia’s supreme court sentenced former senator Alvaro Araujo Castro to nine years and three months in prison for his ties to paramiltaries, according to Caracol Radio. The court ruled that…
Eighteen candidates standing for Colombian Congress in March’s elections are named in ongoing proceedings of the Supreme Court’s Justice and Peace tribunal, reported El Tiempo on Wednesday. The majority of…
Former drug lord kingpin “Don Mario” implicated 26 more political leaders and an ex-congressman in parapolitics on Monday. Daniel “Don Mario” Rendon Herrera, who is collaborating with the authorities under…