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In Colombia, right-wing paramilitary groups terrorized the countryside for years in their war against the left. But since 2003, more than 30,000 have demobilized. Now, the victims in Colombia are ...

(Reuters) - Colombia and Venezuela have reached an agreement to search for remains of victims who were killed by paramilitaries during Colombia's internal armed conflict and reportedly buried in ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – Colombia’s Supreme Court has convicted a former president of Congress of close ties to a far-right militia leader and sentenced him to nine years in prison. Miguel Pinedo held ...

BOGOTA (Reuters) - A court in Colombia granted conditional release to former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso, his defense team confirmed on Saturday. Mancuso, a former top commander of the ...

Ecopetrol, Colombia's state oil company, is accused of involvement in financing right-wing paramilitary militias. Allegations suggest Ecopetrol collaborated with militias to intimidate local ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia extradited 14 paramilitary warlords to the United States on Tuesday on drug-related charges in a surprise move that brought praise from Washington but raised fears of ...

Attorney General John D. Ashcroft yesterday unsealed drug-trafficking indictments against three members of Colombia's violent right-wing paramilitary forces, including paramilitary chief Carlos ...

BOGOTA, Colombia, Dec. 18 -- -- BOGOTA, Colombia, Dec. 18 -- In what has been heralded as a decisive moment in Colombia's shadowy, decades-long conflict, a powerful paramilitary commander is to appear ...

Former paramilitary fighters in Colombia may be able to shoot a gun far better than they can fire off an e-mail, but that could soon change thanks to a new program — partly funded by Microsoft Corp. — ...