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The trial against former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe (2002–2010) has entered a crucial phase, with delicate testimony from numerous paramilitary leaders.

Alexander Ruíz Pulido, a retired colonel arrested in February, ran businesses linked to paramilitary leaders and armed groups like the AGC.

Salvatore Mancuso made claims implicating companies including Chiquita, Ecopetrol, Postobón, Bavaria, and Drummond.

For the first time in modern history, a former Colombian president has been detained and must face criminal charges. Alvaro Uribe & his lawyer are charged with witness tampering and bribery in an attempt to falsely accuse an opposition senator.

Colombia's Vice President Marta Lucia Ramirez filed criminal charges against investigative journalist & British citizen Jeremy McDermott after he reported on a business deal between the Vice President's husband and alleged narcotrafficker and paramilitary leader Guillermo León...

Long-standing allegations have surrounded the company for decades. In a U.S. court settlement in 2007, Chiquita paid a $25 million USD fine and admitted it had paid protection money to paramilitary groups.

The report details 439 instances of “corporate complicity” in human rights violations committed by paramilitary groups between 1970 and 2015.