Colombia’s Peace Commissioner, Frank Pearl, downplayed the importance of the refusal of extradited paramilitary leader ‘Don Berna’ to cooperate with Colombian justice to clarify crimes committed under his command. On…
Colombia’s Inspector General, Alejandro Ordoñez, said that he would take legal action against Supreme Court judges found to be meeting with and interviewing extradited paramilitaries leaders without the presence of…
Three police officers were involved in the illegal wiretapping of phones of Supreme Court magistrate Ivan Velasquez, the National Police announced Tuesday. According to a press release, the officials all…
Colombia’s National Police commander, Oscar Naranjo, admitted Tuesday that phones of Supreme Court magistrate Ivan Velasquez were unjustly wiretapped by police and prosecution investigators. The illegal wiretap had been denounced…
Colombian politicians who sought political gain through deals with paramilitary death squads will be facing charges of crimes against humanity, the Supreme Court announced Monday. The court adjusted the jurisprudence…
Colombia’s Inspector General, Alejandro Ordoñez, announced Monday he will ask the Supreme Court to nullify the cases against parapoliticans who have resigned from Congress over paramilitary charges. According to Ordoñez,…
The phones of a Supreme Court magistrate in charge of the ‘parapolitics’ investigations were illegally wiretapped from the Prosecutor General’s Office, the Prosecutor General himself denounced. According to PG Guillermo…
Colombia’s Supreme Court sentenced two congressmen and one former governor to jail for different crimes. Former coalition Representative of the House and prominent christian, Ruben Dario Salazar (Convergencia Ciudadana), was…
Carlos Garcia, the former president of coalition party De la U and close ally of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, was called to trial for his alleged links with paramilitary groups.…