Colombia’s prosecutor general’s office on Friday refused to lift arrest warrants of paramilitary leaders, effectively blocking the government’s peace process. Deputy Prosecutor General Martha Marcera wrote Peace Commissioner Danilo Rueda…
Colombia’s prosecution allegedly used foreign aid to convert its organized crime division into a unit that apparently persecutes protest organizers. The organized crime division was created in 2017 to strengthen the…
A Bogota court ordered the prosecution to call Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe to trial on fraud and bribery charges. The ruling is a major blow for the former president,…
Journalists in Colombia went on red alert after the prosecution ordered a search at one of the country’s most renowned television news programs. The search order triggered a clash between…
Colombia’s prosecution is allegedly wiretapping human rights defenders who made evidence of widespread abuse by the National Police public. In a press release, human rights organization Temblores said that a…
Colombia’s prosecution is set to indict the country’s former army chief on 104 murder charges on Wednesday before an ordinary court instead of the war crimes tribunal. The decision is…
Colombia’s prosecution has only achieved 41 convictions for the killing and disappearing of at least 299 former FARC guerrillas, according to the United Nations (UN). The convictions indicate how the…
While Colombia’s prosecution is trying to get alleged leaders of anti-government protests in jail, pro-government extremists are sending them death threats. The prosecution has mainly been targeting alleged “Frontline” protesters…
Colombia’s prosecution fiercely criticized the press for releasing evidence of the alleged fraud and bribery practices of former President Alvaro Uribe on Monday. Controversial prosecutor Gabriel Jaimes began exposing his…