Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe fervently denied accusations from jailed paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso on Friday that his reelection was financed by the AUC. “There is a serious lack of…
Extradited leader of the AUC paramilitary group Salvatore Mancuso said the 2006 reelection of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was financed by paramilitaries. In an interview with Caracol Radio, Mancuso…
Imprisoned AUC paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso accused former Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo of involvement in the false demobilization of the AUC and a nonexistent FARC front. In his first…
Extradited paramilitary leaders ask to resume an open dialogue with Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos and call for the government to continue the peace and reconciliation process with victims of the…
Former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso said he was paid $2.8 million to help elect Mario Iguaran to the Prosecutor General position in 2005, reported local media Wednesday. The former second-in-command…
Colombia’s former Ambassador to Peru entered custody Tuesday after medical reasons prevented him from leaving Peru following his Friday arrest for conspiracy, reported local media. Jorge Visbal Martelo reportedly suffered…
A Colombian judge said that without judicial reform and investigations into the “parapolitics” scandal, “Colombia would be a banana republic, like any country in Africa or beyond,” reported local media…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General has ordered the arrest of the country’s Ambassador to Peru due to his alleged paramilitary links, Colombian media reported Wednesday. Jorge Visbal Martelo is accused of having close ties with…
The government of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe conspired with the AUC to conceal the true number of child paramilitary soldiers, and later sought to “take down” the Supreme Court…