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325 human remains of victims of armed conflict were handed over by the Attorney General’s Office

The Office of the Attorney General has achieved important results within the framework of the Justice and Peace Law, with the recovery and handing over of human remains of victims of the armed conflict to guarantee their families the...

Charged former paramilitary chief alias Julián Bolívar and 245 more postulates of the Bolívar Central Block due to 4,114 criminal acts in the framework of the armed conflict

The events attributed to this structure, committed between 1994 and 2006, caused more than 5,700 victims in at least 11 areas of the country. After a year and a half of hearings before the Justice and Peace Chamber of the...

Twelve ‘postulados’ of the Peasant Self-Defense Bloc in Puerto Boyacá were sentenced by virtue of a plea bargain

The Justice and Peace Chamber of the Supreme Court (Sala de Conocimiento de Justicia y Paz) announced the early termination of the transitional process on 12 ‘postulados’* of the Peasant Self-Defense Bloc in Puerto Boyacá (Bloque Autodefensas Campesinas) and...

Former paramilitary commander alias Juancho Prada and 29 other ‘postulados’* of the AUC front, Héctor Julio Peinado, were sentenced for 465 criminal actions

This June 9, the Justice and Peace Chamber of the Superior Tribunal of Bogotá sentenced Juan Francisco Prada Márquez, alias Juancho Prada, former commander of Héctor Julio Peinado Becerra front of the Self-Defense  Forces  of  Colombia  (Autodefensas  Unidas  de  Colombia  AUC) for multiple offenses that caused 3,385...

Seven human remains belonging to victims of armed conflict in Colombia were handed over in Meta by the Office of the Attorney General

The Special Prosecutor's Office assigned to the transitional justice unit handed over the human remains of six men and one woman, victims of the conflict in the country. Relatives of the victims received in an honorable manner the remains of...