Robert Kistinger and the Routine Cost of Guerrilla Payments
Payment to irregular forces was billed as a routine business cost for years, a secret ledger that funded violence across the Colombian countryside.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Paramilitaries
Colombian Generals and the 1999 Blueprint for Paramilitary Impunity
A 1999 cable reveals a calculated shift of responsibility that left thousands of civilians exposed to death squads while military officers secured their own legal immunity.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Luis Meneses and the DEA’s Compromised Bogotá Hand
The interrogation and murder of Luis Meneses turned the identities of American law enforcement agents into targets for retaliation, exposing a high-stakes alliance with death squads.
By Desmond Okafor ·
General Del Rio Rojas Named Among Two Most Corrupt Army Officers
Military subordinates were ordered to cooperate with illegal death squads in Uraba while Washington tracked the rot within the 17th Brigade through confidential cables.
By Harlan Pryce ·