Specialised Circuit News Today

BOGOTA - Nicolas Petro, the son of Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, will face trial for alleged crimes of illicit enrichment and money laundering while serving as a politician in the province of Atlantico, the attorney general's office said on Monday (Sept 25). A written indictment against Petro was filed in the Criminal Courts of the Specialised Circuit of Barranquilla, the...

On August 1, a hearing will take place before the First Court of Cartagena, which will decide on the legality of the evidence that prosecutors in Colombia are using to criminalise the Afro-Colombian woman human rights defender (WHRD) Milena Quiroz Jimenez. The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), Front Line Defenders (FLD), the Observatory for

July 29, 2022. On 12 September 2022, a hearing will take place before the First Court of Cartagena, which will decide on the legality of the (...)