AUC

Security guard at La Picota prison in Bogotá, Colombia

Investigations Prisons

Colombia’s Mirror: War and Drug Trafficking in the Prison System

by James Bargent 10 Feb 201724 Apr 2023

Paramilitary fighter working with Colombian army troops in Operation Orion, 2002

Brief

Intl Court Condemns Colombia for Bloody 2002 Military Operation

by Mimi Yagoub 11 Jan 201724 Apr 2023

Colombia's peace agreement was narrowly rejected in a plebiscite

How Rejected FARC Peace Deal Compares to Earlier Paramilitary Pact

by Mimi Yagoub 5 Oct 201624 Apr 2023

Don Berna Closeup

Colombia Elites and Organized Crime: ‘Don Berna’

by Jeremy McDermott 9 Aug 201624 Apr 2023

Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, alias 'Jorge 40'

Colombia Elites and Organized Crime: ‘Jorge 40’

by Steven Dudley 9 Aug 201613 Sep 2022

Court Ruling Stirs Controversy Over Colombia’s ‘Para-Economy’

by Dan Alder and Michael Lohmuller 18 Jul 201624 Apr 2023

Brief

Colombia Seeks Probe Into Beverage Giant’s Alleged Paramilitary Links

by Michael Lohmuller 13 Jul 201624 Apr 2023

Modelo Prison, Bogota, Colombia

Brief

Colombia Investigates Over 100 Disappearances from Bogotá Prison

by James Bargent 18 Feb 201624 Apr 2023

Former AUC chief Salvatore Mancuso

Brief

Prosecution Gaffe Absolves Colombia Paramilitary of Drug Trafficking

by Mimi Yagoub 18 Dec 201524 Apr 2023

An AUC member holding an automatic weapon

Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia – AUC

by Laura Ávila 17 Nov 201524 Apr 2023

Surprisingly Light Sentence for Colombia Paramilitary Chief

by James Bargent 9 Nov 201524 Apr 2023

Freddy Rendon, alias "El Aleman"

Brief

Colombia Paramilitary Leader ‘El Aleman’ Released From Prison

by Michael Lohmuller 31 Jul 201524 Apr 2023

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