Former Interior Minister Sabas Pretelt and a former chief of staff of ex-President Alvaro Uribe have asked to be be included in the transitional justice system for war crimes. In a…
Colombia’s former health minister did not admit to bribing congress in his application to be judged by a war crimes tribunal, the executive secretary of the transitional said Wednesday. The…
Colombia’s imprisoned former health minister has admitted to bribing members of congress to allow the 2006 reelection of former President Alvaro Uribe, local media reported Tuesday. While applying to be…
Colombia’s imprisoned former health minister allegedly wants to be included in a recently approved transitional justice system, a tremendous blow for former President Alvaro Uribe whose political future is at stake. According…
Former President Alvaro Uribe himself should be held legally responsible for the 2004 bribery of Congress that allowed his 2006 reelection, one of the convicted politicians said.
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday sentenced two former ministers to six years and eight months in prison for bribing members of Congress to approve legislation that allowed the 2006 reelection of former…
Former house-arrested Colombia congresswoman, Yidis Medina, is suing the Colombian government for $4.9 million for damages and illegal persecution conducted by former intelligence agency DAS.
Two former ministers on Monday began defending themselves before Colombia’s Supreme Court about their alleged involvement in the bribery of a former and convicted congresswoman in order to secure a…
A former Colombian lawmaker, convicted for accepting bribes to vote in favor of a constitutional change needed for former President Alvaro Uribe to run for second office, has been absolved…