Colombia’s prosecution links former Medellin mayor to mafia real estate
Colombia’s chief prosecutor said Tuesday that Medellin’s former mayor owned four real...
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Aguilas Negras
The “Aguilas Negras” (Black Eagles) is a far-right group or collective that emerged in...
Vicente Castaño
Vicente Castaño, a.k.a. “El Profe,” is the presumably dead founder of now-defunct...
Why paramilitary groups still exist in Colombia
Colombia’s government denies the existence of paramilitary groups in the country, ignoring...
Paramilitary telenovela causing uproar in Colombia
A Colombian TV show, “Tres Caines,” which fictionalizes the story of the country’s paramilitary violence, is under fire from victims groups and losing commercial sponsorships. “Tres Caines,” or...
Former AUC leader indicted for murdering a child
Presumed dead and former AUC leader, Vicente Castaño, is wanted by Colombian authorities under suspicion of murdering a child in western Colombia, local media sources reported Thursday. Despite being declared dead, Vicente...
Uribe behind assassination of AUC founders: Demobilized warlord
Colombia’s former president Alvaro Uribe is behind the assassination of Carlos and Vicente Castaño, two of the brothers who founded paramilitary organization AUC, says former paramilitary commander “El Aleman.”...
11,179 Colombian politicians, officials, businessmen involved in parapolitics: Report
More than 11,000 Colombian politicians, state officials, businessmen and citizens are facing accusations of being accomplices to paramilitary groups, said research group Verdad Abierta Thursday. “We asked the Prosecutor...
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...
AUC leader ordered to reform paramilitaries after demobilization: Don Mario
Former AUC leader Vicente Castaño gave orders to form new small “self-defense” groups following the organization’s demobilization, jailed drug lord and former paramilitary leader “Don Mario” claimed...
Children of AUC members lead neo-paramilitaries: Lib Party
Liberal Party member Guillermo Rivera has launched a stinging attack on former President Alvaro Uribe’s administration, labelling Colombia’s neo-paramilitary groups as his “legacy” and stating that the...
Vicente Castaño sentenced for murdering AUC leader brother
The assumed dead Vicente Castaño on Thursday was sentenced in absentia for the murder of his brother ex-AUC leader Carlos Castaño Gil. A Bogota court sentenced Jose Vicente Castaño alias ” El Profe” to 40 years along...
