Former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso has been convicted of plotting the murder of 77 in the 1997 Mapiripan Massacre. Appearing via video link from a U.S. prison in Virginia where…
Testimony from former AUC leader Salvatore Mancuso could be used against fugitive ex-peace commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo, facing charges of faking a FARC demobilization, reported Caracol Radio Thursday. Colombia’s Prosecutor…
The former AUC commander Salvatore Mancuso told the Colombian Supreme Court Wednesday that influencing presidential elections was the paramilitaries’ main objective, reported newspaper El Espectador. Speaking via videolink from a…
The former head of now defunct paramilitary organization the AUC, Salvatore Mancuso, has failed to appear for the third time in front of victims of a 1997 massacre. Victims of a…
The extradited commander-in-chief of the AUC, Salvatore Mancuso, testifies that his paramilitary organization formed the anti-guerrilla group “CONVIVIR” with the help of Colombia’s ex-President Alvaro Uribe when he was governor…
A police major was arrested Thursday over his role in the paramilitary massacre of civilians in central Colombia 15 years ago, according to Semana magazine. Vincente Castro, a senior officer in…
Salvatore Mancuso, a former leader of paramilitary group the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), was charged with numerous crimes Thursday for his suspected role in over 100 criminal acts, local…
Colombia’s Supreme Court called former AUC head Salvatore Mancuso to testify in the “parapolitics” trial of former Senator Mario Salomon Nader, Colombian media reported Monday. According to witnesses, the politician…
A committee from Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office will travel to the U.S. this week to interview extradited demobilized paramilitary leaders to assess their status of the Justice and Peace process.…