Colombia’s Congress on Tuesday ordered the Prosecutor General’s Office to investigate two ex-ministers who are accused of having bribed congressmen to approve legislation necessary for former President Alvaro Uribe’s 2006…
A Colombian ex-deputy appealed the ruling that found former congresswoman Yidis Medina guilty on charges of kidnapping. According to local media, ex-deputy Sigifredo Lopez admitted that Medina was guilty of…
Ex Colombian Congressman Yidis Medina is to sue the government for over $4.5 million, claiming to be the victim of wiretapping, local media sources reported. Colombian newspaper El Espectador reported…
The lawyer defending Alvaro Uribe in a scandal involving the bribery of congressmen to assure the former president’s 2006 reelection on Tuesday challenged the congressman in charge of the investigation.…
Colombia’s Congress on Tuesday opened a formal investigation into former President Alvaro Uribe over the 2004 bribery of congressmen to vote in favor of a constitutional amendment allowing the former…
A new investigator has been appointed to decide whether or not to formally press charges against ex-president Alvaro Uribe in a scandalĀ involving congress members taking bribes in exchange for support…
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered to join cases of former ministers accused of bribing congressmen to approve a constitutional amendment needed for the 2006 reelection of former President Alvaro…
Former Colombian congresswoman Yidis Medina will be released from house arrest after having served three fifths of a four-year sentence for accepting bribes to vote in favor of the 2006…
Colombian former Congresswoman Yidis Medina, who has been serving jail time since 2010 for accepting a bribe, testified in court Monday after being charged with arranging a kidnapping-for-ransom plot. The…