Carlos Alberto Renteria Mantilla, the last druglord of Colombia’s Norte de Valle cartel who remained at liberty, was captured in Venezuela at 4PM Monday, reports El Tiempo. The 65-year-old Colombian drug…
President Alvaro Uribe gave his stamp of approval for the reinstatement of Valle Governor Juan Carlos Abadia to office, newspaper El Tiempo reported Friday. “With this [decree], Mr. Juan Carlos…
A Colombian High Court official requested the investigation of Inspector General’s office employee Maria Eugenia Carreño, who publicly criticized the Court’s decision to reinstate disgraced governor Juan Carlos Abadia. Julia Emma Garzon,…
Colombia’s Inspector General asked the Valle department’s High Council of the Judiciary to reinstate a ban against former Governor Juan Carlos Abadia from holding public office. The Inspector General’s office…
The former governor of Valle, Juan Carlos Abadia, who in May was suspended from holding public office for ten years, will reassume his post as governor on Tuesday after the department’s…
Colombia’s Inspector General upheld its suspension against the former governor of Valle, Juan Carlos Abadia, from holding public office for ten years, according to a press release published Tuesday. Juan…
Colombian NGO the Electoral Observation Mission (MOE) warned Friday that political intervention and armed coercion, as well as electoral fraud, remain a risk in the country’s upcoming presidential elections. MOE…
A FARC guerrilla known as “El Gringo,” responsible for many kidnappings, was captured by police after his legs were blown off by a landmine in Palmira, Valle del Cauca, south-western…
The criminal chamber of Colombia’s Supreme Court began preliminary investigations Wednesday into the alleged fraud which occured in the congressional elections in March, reports El Espectador. Officials involved in the…