Colombia’s inspector general said Friday he would challenge the constitutional court’s decision to uphold a law decriminalizing the possession of small quantities of drugs for personal use, Colombia media reported. Inspector…
More than 11,000 Colombian politicians, state officials, businessmen and citizens are facing accusations of being accomplices to paramilitary groups, said research group Verdad Abierta Thursday. “We asked the Prosecutor General’s…
Colombian prosecutors will establish whether there were any irregularities in the March election of new Prosecutor General, Luis Eduardo Montealegre. Arguing that there were procedural flaws in the voting process and…
Renowned drug trafficker Walid Makled has revealed the details of his supposed links to dismissed Venezuelan Supreme Court judge Eladio Aponte, Radio Caracol reported Wednesday. Aponte “was my partner in…
Colombian intelligence agents uncovered and dismantled an international human trafficking network, local media reported Monday. Colombia’s Technical Investigation Team (CTI), the investigatory branch of the Prosecutor General’s Office, captured two…
A team of U.S. computer experts has arrived in Colombia to help national authorities recover information from the computer of deceased FARC leader “Alfonso Cano,” reported Colombian newspaper El Espectador Monday.…
Alleged Venezuelan drug trafficker Walid Makled, extradited from Colombia last year, remained silent during the second day of his trial following recommendations from lawyers, reported local media. “They [prosecutors] asked…
A Colombian court has sentenced a father to 30 years in prison for abusing his three children in Bogota, reported local media Friday. The abused minors’ testimony and laboratory tests…
The Colombian Prosecutor Generals Office Monday upheld the dismissal and 15-year ban from office of a former intelligence executive for illegal wire-tapping. The appeal had been made by former DAS executive…