Colombia’s public prosecution announced Tuesday to indict 231 former paramilitary and guerrilla commanders for a total of 11,000 human rights violations. Charged paramilitary leaders Salvatore Mancuso (2,130 alleged crimes) “Ernesto…
Anticipating the possible demobilization of some 10,000 FARC fighters, Colombia’s congress on Wednesday earmarked extra funds for the country’s already clogged Prosecutor General’s Office.
Two fired Colombian prosecution officials on Wednesday have been extradited to the United States for selling classified information to drug traffickers, local media reported Wednesday.
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to order investigations against eight ranking public officials for suspected ties to an extradited drug trafficker. Six Colombian police and army…
A former AUC leader claimed Colombia’s Air Force lent air support to a paramilitary operation against FARC guerrillas that killed at least 24 people in 2001. Elkin Casarrollo Posada, a…
President Juan Manuel Santos rejected the controversial justice reform passed recently due to unconstitutionality and inconsistencies that “do not favor justice and transparency,” he said Thursday. There were several major points…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos hired a shaman who is at the center of a corruption investigation, an official statement confirmed Thursday.
The former director of the presidential program on human rights appeared before a Bogota court Wednesday to answer to sexual assault charges. The allegations were made in November 2011 by female…
The Colombian Prosecutor General’s Office announced Tuesday the creation of a national unit to prosecute environmental crimes, reported Radio W Tuesday. The specialized unit will focus solely on prosecuting crimes…