Human Rights Watch and Colombia’s prosecutor general presented starkly contradicting figures regarding the investigation of those who murder union members. According to a study conducted by the international NGO Human…
Colombia’s inspector general severely criticized a report by NGO Nuevo Arco Iris regarding electoral candidates with criminal backgrounds. Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez Maldonado said “[the one] who can disqualify is…
Minister of the Interior German Vargas Lleras admitted that he is having difficulty obtaining information from Colombian prosecutors pertaining to candidates in the October election accused of criminal activities,…
Of the 13 arrested tax workers accused in a multi-million dollar tax embezzlement scandal, only one has pleaded guilty to all charges, reported Caracol Radio Tuesday. Sandra Liliana Rojas, an…
Colombia’s prosecutor general has been hospitalized for an unknown condition, her office announced Wednesday. The prosecutor general’s office released a short press release stating that Prosecutor General Viviane Morales had…
Former navy Colonel Luis Fernando Borja Giraldo was sentenced on Wednesday to 21 years in prison for the murder of civilians to inflate military kill counts. Giraldo pleaded guilty to…
A Cartegena bishop has proposed non-extradition for armed gangs and neo-paramilitaries who voluntarily submit to the Colombian government. Bishop Julio Cesar Vidal, who was contacted by groups composed of former…
Prosecutors requested a prison sentence Tuesday for the author of a Facebook group that threatened the life of the former president’s youngest son. A counterterrorism prosecutor requested that a Bogota…
Colombia’s prosecutor general announced Tuesday that armed criminal gangs and groups descended from paramilitaries will be treated as common criminals in their dealings with the government and cannot trade submission…