US ‘regrets’ Colombia’s refusal to extradite FARC leader, ignores court order...
The United States embassy said Wednesday that it “regrets” the refusal of Colombia’s war crimes tribunal to extradite a FARC leader and ignored the court’s allegations it may have violated...
View ArticleVideo of FARC leader and DEA agents surfaces day after court rejects...
A day after Colombia’s war crimes tribunal rejected a United States extradition request for a FARC leader, a video emerged of the former guerrilla leader talking to presumed undercover DEA agents. The...
View ArticleFARC leader “Jesus Santrich” arrested on release from jail
FARC leader “Jesus Santrich” was arrested immediately after his release from jail on Friday after the United States allegedly surrendered new evidence supporting a drug trafficking claim. Santrich was...
View ArticleNew York Times journalist leaves Colombia as article on army chief unleashes...
The New York Times’ bureau chief in Colombia said Sunday he has left the country after an article critical of the country’s army commander was published and the country’s far-right retaliated online....
View ArticleUS Senator: Colombia’s government should denounce smear campaign against NYT...
A senior US senator on Monday demanded that Colombia’s government either request proof or condemn a smear campaign that spurred the New York Times’ bureau chief to abandon the South American country....
View ArticleUS house committee proposes aid boost for Colombia, but under conditions
A US committee on government spending voted to increase financial aid to Colombia with $40 million unless the US government decertifies the South American country as a counternarcotics ally. Upon...
View ArticleMarlin Marin, the DEA informant who put FARC leader ‘Jesus Santrich’ back...
FARC leader “Jesus Santrich” is on trial on drug trafficking claims, thanks to DEA informant Marlon Marin who, according to the former guerrillas, is a “swindler for life.” Marin is the nephew of “Ivan...
View ArticleDemocrats ‘disturbed’ by US pressure on Colombia’s war crimes tribunal
Some 79 United States congressmen said in a letter Friday they were “disturbed” by reports of “US pressure” on Colombia’s war crimes tribunal and urged “unwavering American support” for the peace...
View ArticleColombia’s Supreme Court orders immediate release of recaptured FARC leader
Colombia’s Supreme Court ordered the immediate release of former rebel leader “Jesus Santrich” on Wednesday after removing the prosecution from the investigation into a vague US drug trafficking...
View ArticleUS “regrets” release of FARC leader wanted for extradition
The United States government “regrets” the decision of Colombia’s Supreme Court of FARC leader “Jesus Santrich” who US authorities accuse of drug trafficking. Santrich was released from jail for the...
View ArticleColombia’s Supreme Court calls FARC leader “Jesus Santrich” to trial over US...
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Thursday called ex-guerrilla leader “Jesus Santrich” to trial on drug-trafficking charges. Despite the summons, no court date has been set. However, the court clarified that...
View ArticleColombia’s former chief prosecutor and DEA agents facing criminal charges
Prominent opposition senators have announced criminal charges against Colombia’s former chief prosecutor and agents of the United States’ Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), claiming they violated...
View ArticleDEA informant not ready to testify in FARC leader’s drug trafficking case: US
Colombia’s Supreme Court announced Sunday that the hearing of a key witness in a drug trafficking case against a prominent former rebel leader was suspended after the US said the DEA informant was not...
View ArticleUS Secretary of State doubles down on backing aerial coca spraying in Colombia
The US still strongly supports the resumption of aerial spraying of pesticide on Colombian coca fields, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told a Senate panel Tuesday. Without mentioning any other strategy...
View ArticleUS Senate hearing on next ambassador to Colombia dominated by talk about...
Philip Goldberg, the nominee to be the United States’ ambassador to Colombia, said at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday that “the enormous strains the Venezuelan exodus has put on Colombia” is a...
View ArticleTrump surprisingly praises Duque after trashing Colombia’s president twice
Colombia is apparently back in good graces with the US, a marked contrast from March and April when President Donald Trump publically trashed President Ivan Duque, saying the Colombian leader “has done...
View ArticleColombia’s coca cultivation boom may be over, US says, as 2018 holds steady
The US estimate of coca cultivation in Colombia held steady in 2018 after five straight years of growing to record levels, according to the US government’s lead agency on drug control. That five-year...
View ArticleColombia court calls FARC leader to defend himself against US drug...
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Thursday called on FARC congressman “Jesus Santrich” to appear on July 9 to defend himself against a US claim he conspired to traffic drugs during the country’s peace...
View ArticleUS gives Colombia the runaround over evidence to support FARC leader drug...
The US government is giving Colombia’s Supreme Court the runaround to obtain evidence that would support Washington’s unsubstantiated claim a former rebel leader conspired to traffic drugs. Earlier...
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Corrupt former minister hopes Trump will block impending extradition to Colombia
Having exhausted all legal possibilities to block his extradition to Colombia, the country’s convicted former agriculture minister’s last hope is US President Donald Trump. The United States court of...
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