A Colombian judge ordered the release of former army General Rito Alejo del Rio, a close ally of former President Alvaro Uribe and the now-defunct paramilitary umbrella organization AUC. Del…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office is investigating declarations implicating imprisoned army general Rito Alejo del Rio in the 1995 assassination of conservative presidential candidate Alvaro Gomez.
A retired Colombian army general was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday after a judge considered it proven the top official had been complicit in the 1997 homicide by…
A Colombian ex-army general on Thursday pleaded not guilty to the 1997 paramilitary murder of Marino Lopez Mena, claiming that he is the victim of political persecution. Former General Rito…
Extradited former AUC commander Ever Veloza, alias “H.H.,” has claimed that the government of ex-President Alvaro Uribe pressured him to keep quiet about paramilitary ties to politicians, the military and…
Documents recently declassified by the U.S. provide further evidence against former Colombian army General Rito Alejo del Rio, who is standing trial on charges of murder and collaborating with paramilitary…
A former Colombian general on trial for paramilitary ties testified on Wednesday that the death of a former secretary of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe in 2006, which was believed to be…
Colombia’s Supreme Court of Justice said Tuesday it has passed the case against former army General Rito Alejo del Rio, suspected of collaborating with paramilitary death squads, to a specialist…