More former Uribe aides ask inclusion in transitional justice system
Former Interior Minister Sabas Pretelt and a former chief of staff of ex-President Alvaro Uribe...
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Former Uribe ministers sentenced to prison for bribing congress to allow 2006 reelection
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday sentenced two former ministers to six years and eight months...
Congress orders investigation of former ministers over Uribe reelection bribe
Colombia’s Congress on Tuesday ordered the Prosecutor General’s Office to investigate...
Paramilitary emails allege CIA worked with AUC
An estimated 700 emails from the computer of former AUC commander and drug lord Vicente Castaño revealed the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and many top Colombian politicians may have been working with the paramilitary...
Former DAS director claims conspiracy against him
The former director of the Colombian intelligence agency (DAS) claimed in front of the Supreme Court on Thursday that the former prosecutor general and minister of the interior and justice joined forces against him to help...
Govt guarantees Pretelt’s safety
Colombia’s Justice and Interior Minister German Vargas Lleras says former minister and ambassador to Italy Sabas Pretelt would be given full protection if he returns to Colombia. Pretelt denied seeking political asylum in...
