Representatives of FARC dissident group EMBF denied reports linking them to top officials in Colombia’s intelligence agency DNI and the National Army. In a press statement, three of the EMBF’s negotiators in ongoing peace talks accused &#...

Colombia’s controversial election authority CNE sanctioned President Gustavo Petro’s campaign for violating spending limits. With six votes in favor and three against, the CNE ruled that the Petro campaign exceeded the limit by $1.4 milli...

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The United States issued a statement urging Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro to investigate alleged links between the military and FARC dissidents. In a statement released by the Department of State, a spokesman referred to media reports that all...

The brother of Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe was sentenced to 28 years in prison for his involvement in homicides committed by his paramilitary group in the early 1990’s. The Antioquia appeals court convicted Santiago Uribe, th...

The chiefs of Colombia’s intelligence agency DNI and the Armed Forces announced investigations into alleged ties between some of their top officials and the FARC dissident group EMBF. In a response, DNI director Jorge Lemus said that he wasn...

Police in Colombia’s capital Bogota arrested their former director, retired General Rodolfo Palomino, who was sentenced to a seven years in prison on Friday. The sentence came months after the Supreme Court convicted Palomino for trying to prev...

Colombia’s Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez ordered an investigation after television network Caracol revealed that the army’s personnel chief and a top intelligence official had ties to FARC dissident group EMBF. According to Caracol, the ...

Colombia’s migration authority and the army’s anti-kidnapping unit said they rescued 17 children of a Jewish sect that had settled in a small-town hotel in the north of the country. Among the children were five US citizens whose disappear...

Victims and prosecutors in the case against Colombia’s former president, Alvaro Uribe, requested more time to appeal the sentence that absolved the far-right politician of fraud and bribery charges. Presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda, former justic...